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Candlestick in the from of a Man holding a Spaniel
Factory: Leeds Pottery (Probably)
Cream-coloured earthenware, moulded, and lead-glazed
Cream-coloured earthenware, moulded, and covered with yellowish lead-glaze. The stem is in the form of a standing man wearing a loosely draped robe, holding a spaniel (or lamb?) under his left arm, and in his right supporting an upright branch which supports the drip pan, and candle socket which is decorated with leaves. The base is square with sloping sides decorated in relief with gadrooning.
History note: Unknown before donor
Bequeathed by Mrs Ethel Adela Harding
Height: 26.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Harding, Ethel Adela, Mrs
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
Comparable anthropomorphic candlesticks, differing in details are attributed to the Leeds Pottery, and marked examples exist from Neale & Co. of Church Works, Hanley
Base Width 9.5 cm
Lead-glaze
Cream-coloured earthenware
Moulding
: Cream-coloured earthenware, moulded and glazed
Lead-glazing
Accession number: EC.15-1946
Primary reference Number: 76887
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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