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Sheffield Plate, Birmingham, ca.1770-75, attributed to Matthew Boulton, possibly designed by James Wyatt.
This candlestick, (one of a pair), was made by the Sheffield Plate process of copper fused with a surface layer of silver. It is assembled in four main sections, and each section compromises three sides of die stamped plate soldered together. The base is filled.
The candlestick is on a pyramidal base of concave sides and canted corners. The torus is decorated with a border of water leaf and to…
Creator
- Matthew Boulton
- James Wyatt
- James Wyatt
Subject
- British Galleries; Lighting; Metalwork; Tableware & cutlery; SCRAN
Type of item
- Candlestick
Date
- 1770-1775
- 1770/1775
Creator
- Matthew Boulton
- James Wyatt
- James Wyatt
Subject
- British Galleries; Lighting; Metalwork; Tableware & cutlery; SCRAN
Type of item
- Candlestick
Date
- 1770-1775
- 1770/1775
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Places
- Birmingham
Identifier
- O80218
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-12T14:28:15.491Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-26T14:19:11.190Z