Pricket Candlestick with Fantastic Creatures
Unknown
ca. 1150–75, with later restoration · Gilt copper alloy, rock crystal · Medieval Art
Three hybrid winged creatures emerge from abstract feet to form these candlesticks. Their appearance suggests that the artist intended to symbolize the ability of light to chase away the powers of darkness.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1150–75, with later restoration
- Medium
- Gilt copper alloy, rock crystal
- Culture
- South Netherlandish
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1950
