candlestick & paschal candlestick



candlestick & paschal candlestick

Summary

Waisted three sided floor-candlestick in beaten copper and parcel gilt. The waisted three sided plinth standing on three scrolled feet from which rises a balustre shaped shaft supporting a shallow vase-shaped drip pan. The escutcheon on the plinth of the Royal (Stuart) Arms surmounted by a prince's closed coronet and a cardinal's hat. The escutcheon and alternate mouldings gilded on a dull bronze coloured field. Escutcheon for Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, Younger brother of Charles, The Young Pretender. Candlestick therefore made between 1747 when Henry received his Cardinal's hat, and 1766 when his father died.


Object Name

candlestick & paschal candlestick

Date Created

1747 - 1766

Dimensions

overall: 177cm x 65cm

accession number

1980.262

Place of creation

Rome

Medium

Credit

Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund


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