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Source Description
The candlestick is in the form of twp branches held by a nude girl with a basket of flowers and a floral garland. At Chelsea, a candlestick was an occasion for creating lavish designs of pastoral figures surrounded by flowers.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
25055
label
Figural Candlestick
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
25055
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Figural Candlestick
description
The candlestick is in the form of twp branches held by a nude girl with a basket of flowers and a floral garland. At Chelsea, a candlestick was an occasion for creating lavish designs of pastoral figures surrounded by flowers.
provenance
George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1758-1769
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
candlesticks
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.5
height
19.5
depth
6
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/16 × W: 7 11/16 × D: 2 3/8 in. (20.5 × 19.5 × 6 cm)
Source extras
med
gilt on soft paste porcelain
creator_ids
15410
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
471
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7cc12097e5911586