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Culture:English
Title:candlestick
Date Made:c. 1790
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed, cream-colored earthenware (creamware)
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire or Yorkshire
Measurements:overall: 12 1/8 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 30.7975 cm x 11.1125 cm x 11.1125 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2006.33.95
Credit Line:Museum Purchase with funds provided by Ray J. and Anne K. Groves
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English creamware, neoclassical-style candlestick of a tall columnar form of square section, with a circular leaf-molded nozzle and drip pan (bobeche) (missing its original removable candle cup); four bucrania or rams' heads (ox skull adorned with wreathes or other ornaments used to decorate the frieze of the entablature in Ionic and Corinthian styles) on the upper corners of the square stem decorated with a molded beaded spiral twist on both the upper and lower halves of the stem, which are divided by a slightly incurving molded band with fluting and center floral head; raised molded bands runinng the length of each corner; and a square terraced base molded with a border of stiff leaves and beaded band. In the late 18th century, classical shapes and ornaments replaced the richly carved or asymmetrical designs featured in the earlier Rococo or Chippendale style. Objects excavated at the Roman archaeological sites at Pompeii and Herculaneum in the mid-18th century served as inspiration for new furniture forms and household decoration in this country and Europe. This design has not yet been found in any of the contemporary English creamware pattern books.

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