Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)
A candelabrum of this design sold in 1771 was described in the sale catalogue as "a large vase of radix amethysti and or moulu lined with silver and perforated for insence with four branches for candles, supported by two caryatids standing on an ornamented ebeny plinth."
Artwork Details
- Title: Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)
- Maker: Matthew Boulton (British, Birmingham 1728–1809 Birmingham)
- Maker: and James Fothergill (died 1782)
- Date: ca. 1770
- Culture: British, Soho near Birmingham
- Medium: Derbyshire spar, gilded bronze, wood, silvered copper
- Dimensions: .1631, wt. confirmed: 23 3/4 × 18 1/4 × 8 3/4 in., 26 lb. (60.3 × 46.4 × 22.2 cm, 11.8 kg)
- Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
- Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
- Object Number: 64.101.1631
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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