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Candlestick: C.183-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unknown

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Description

Clear lead-glass. The candlestick has a deep cylindrical nozzle with folded inwards rim. It rests on a stem comprising a small depressed ball knop, three rings, a teared inverted baluster, and three rings, rising from a domed foot with a folded under rim, and a pontil mark in the middle of the underside.

Notes

History note: Lord Harcourt, Stanton Harcourt; his son-in-law, Julian F. Wells; Howard Phillips, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire from whom purchased in Decmeber 1994; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 20 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1720

Components of the work

Foot Diameter 11 cm
Rim

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: small rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 100
  • Location: Over pontil mark
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.183-2015
Primary reference Number: 206882
Old object number: 100
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.185-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 20 October 2015 Updated: Tuesday 28 August 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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