Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)

James Fothergill|Matthew Boulton

ca. 1770 · Derbyshire spar, gilded bronze, wood, silvered copper · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

A candelabrum of this design sold in 1771 was described in the sale catalogue as "a large vase of radix amethysti and or moulu lined with silver and perforated for insence with four branches for candles, supported by two caryatids standing on an ornamented ebeny plinth."

Artist

James Fothergill|Matthew Boulton

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Derbyshire spar, gilded bronze, wood, silvered copper

Culture

British, Soho near Birmingham

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964