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one of a pair of candlesticks
Silversmith: Archambo, Peter I
Silver; cast, shaped square decorated with masks and shells
Silver, the cast candlestick has an urn-shaped sconce on a square vase-shaped column with shell corners. This is over a knop decorated with masks of men and women in medieval headresses. The foot has a central circular well; the shaped square sides are stepped and in each of the four corners is a large mask of a women with flowing hair or a bearded man. The detachable nozzle has an applied moulded border. Both the stick and the nozzle are engraved with a crest. E.L is engraved under the foot. (a pair with M.8.2 & A-1950)
History note: Not known before testator; retained during her lifetime by Mrs Riches
T.H. Riches Bequest, 1935
Weight: 900 g
Weight: 28: 19 oz: dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1935) by Riches, Thomas Henry
18th Century, Mid
George II
1733
CE
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1734
CE
To Nozzle
Height 12.7 cm
Height 8½ in
Foot
Width 15 cm
Width 6 in
Candlestick
Crest
Decoration
Initials
Nozzle
Inscription present: leopard's head crowned
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: 'PA' beneath a crown
Accession number: M.8.1 & A-1950
Primary reference Number: 119245
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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