one of a pair of candlesticks
Silversmith: KP
Silver; knopped stem and ocatagonal base with gadrooned borders
Silver. The cylindrical sconce above a knopped stem on a stepped octagonal base. Gadrooned borders at the top and bottom of the spool, on the lowest knop and the foot, and an applied wavy border on the central spool and foot. The bottom of the spool has been drilled with a hole, possibly to hold a later electic cord.
History note: Not known before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D, Cambridge
Louis C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 19 cm
Height: 7 ½ in
Weight: 440 g
Weight: 14: 3 oz: dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century
1712
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1726
Base
Width 12.7 cm
Width 5 in
Borders
Inscription present: 'EC' with the E reversed and curved against the C
Accession number: M.64A-1961
Primary reference Number: 157644
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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