Folding candlestick
Maker: Unknown
Copper alloy, engraved and enamelled white, with small remnants of gilding on the three swivelling legs
Copper alloy, with engraved decoration enamelled in white, and originally gilt. The stem comprises two cylindrical sections divided by a bulbous knop. At the top there is a spike surrounded by a circular wavy-edged drip pan. At the bottom there are three curved legs with stylized animal's head terminals and a circular hole at the upper end. This hole is threaded loosely onto a central bolt and held there by a nut, which permits them to swivel into a tripod stand, or fold together for travelling. The upper and lower parts of the stem are engraved with shallow crossed lines. The knop is deeply engraved with four panels of a geometrical pattern, and each leg on its upper edge by shallow scrolls within an outline, all filled with white enamel (much of it missing). A few very small areas of gilding remain on the legs.
History note: Found in spoil from the Thames Exchange site, London, 1989 (recorded at the Museum of London); bought from Spink, London by the donor about 1990; lent to the Fitzwilliam in 2006 ; allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Cambridge in America
Given by Dr William J. Conte through Cambridge in America
Height: 15.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2007-03-05) by Conte, William J., Dr
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1175
CE
-
1225
CE
If not, English, French
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( probably, white)
Spike To Nut
Height 13.8 cm
Between Two Legs
Width 13 cm
Accession number: M.4-2007
Primary reference Number: 141823
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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