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candlestick

Accession number: 34.139/428
Collection place: Great Britain or Scandinavia
Production date: 1750-1820
Material: glass; lead glass
Measurements: H 203 mm; DM holder 46 mm (exterior); DM holder 22 mm (interior); DM (foot) 101 mm; WT 268 gm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: Candlestick: straight sided holder with double ogee flattened rim; on small flattened knop and merese; on straight stem with opaque white 11-strand corkscrew twist; on merese, flattened knop, large angular knop, pair of mereses; on blown domed foot. The twisted stem appears to be by the same maker as 427, with a similar separation of canes at the bottom. One of a pair with 428, but slightly thicker and heavier. Large chip on top merese.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)

Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED Tel: +44 (0)20 7490 8447 E-mail: ceramics@museumoflondon.org.uk

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