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Candlestick: GR.30.1904

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 24

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Bronze pricket candlestick. Decorated with champleve enamel. The bands of pattern decoration are of green, red, blue and white enamel.

Notes

History note: 1892: Magniac Coll. sale (cat.no.661)

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.05 m
Height: 0.1 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank

Dating

Middle Roman
101 CE - 300 CE

Note

Enamel

Components of the work

Body composed of enamel

Materials used in production

Bronze

Techniques used in production

Champlevé

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.30.1904
Primary reference Number: 67839
Catalogue number: cat.no.661
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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