IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 160142 accession number: M.60B-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 28 November 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver; the circular base is slightly shaped and divided into four panels surrounded by an ovolo edge. The domed centre supports an urn-shaped sconce with a pair of ram's masks holding two floral swags. (with M.60B-1961) object type: silver; short candlesticks with two ram's head masks holding floral swags title: candlestick NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before testator, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D., Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Louis C. G. Clarke creditline: L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160142 SUBJECTS ------------------- ram ram TECHNIQUES ---------- the candlestick was cast in parts, which were soldered, and the decoration was chased. casting CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1774 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1774 creation date latest: 1775 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: Louis XV (1715-1774) or Louis XVI (1774- 1792) CREATORS -------- maker: Chéret, Jean-Baptiste-François DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Weight units: g value: 264 dimension: Weight units: oz:dwt value: 8:9 CITATIONS -------- Les Poinçons de Paris: Répertoire des maîtres-orfèvres de la jurisdiction de Paris depuis le moyen-âge jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle ---