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Derby
(England 1750– )
- Title
- Birds in branches' candlestick [one of a pair]
- Year
- circa 1765-circa 1770
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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23.8 x 15.0 x 10.2
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.127
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Candlesticks of comparable design were also produced at Bow at the same period. This example has the typical Derby patch marks. The candlestick is held by a looped branch at the back which has a thumb-rest in the form of a small shell. See also L2012.118.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 68 (colour illus., detail), 72 (colour illus.). cat.no. 84
