Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Candlestick with Venus and Cupid
Mythological Candlestick
Maker(s)
Factory:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain Candlestick with Venus and Cupid, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain Candlestick with Venus and Cupid, slip cast, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels, and gilt. The concave underside is unglazed and has a large circular central ventilation hole. The roughly oval base is supported on four double scroll feet. The top of the front is covered with applied flowers and leaves. At the back there is a tall tree with two low lateral branches, and higher up, bocage with green leaves and clusters of small white flowers with yellow centres. At the top it has a forward projection with a hole to take a candle socket. Venus sits in front of the tree with her left arm raised and her right arm round Cupid, who stands to the left of her. He looks up towards her, raising his right arm, leaning back and raising his left leg so that the foot rests on the lowest branch of the tree. On the right of Venus, two doves stand on the side of the tree.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 25.7 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
Gold anchor period (1759-69)
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
1770
CE
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey)
gold
Across Scroll Feet
Width 16.2 cm
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, puce, orange-red, and pale grey enamels, and gilt.
Lead-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: K
- Location: On the underside at back centre near the edge
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Mark
- Text: a gold anchor
- Location: On the back of the tree
- Method of creation: Painted in gold
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.33-1932
Primary reference Number: 80559
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
