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An image of Glass Candlestick. Unknown glassmaker, probably Staffordshire. Opaque-white glass, painted in polychrome enamels, enamelled copper drip pan with gilt-metal rim, incised twist stem, domed circular foot. Painted on the foot with flowers and butterflies, and on the nozzle and drip pan with sprays of flowers, height, whole, 23.0 cm, diameter, whole, 12.0 cm, circa 1755-1765. Rococo.

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Glass Candlestick. Unknown glassmaker, probably Staffordshire. Opaque-white glass, painted in polychrome enamels, enamelled copper drip pan with gilt-metal rim, incised twist stem, domed circular foot. Painted on the foot with flowers and butterflies, and on the nozzle and drip pan with sprays of flowers, height, whole, 23.0 cm, diameter, whole, 12.0 cm, circa 1755-1765. Rococo.

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Accession Number: C.555 & A-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 546 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 64.21kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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18th Century Artistic Movement Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Roccoco Rococo Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd butterflies butterfly candlesticks enamel enamelled floral flowers gilt glass incised lamp lighting opaque painted polychrome spray twist twisted white

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