Candlestick

Johann Ludwig Biller|Johann Jakob Wald|Elkington & Co.

19th century, after 1730–40 original · Gold (?) on base metal · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This electrotype is after an eighteenth-century original (1730–40) in the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, at the time of reproduction. It was part of a toilet service made for and presented to the Empress Anna Ivanovna (1693–1740).

Artist

Johann Ludwig Biller|Johann Jakob Wald|Elkington & Co.

Date

19th century, after 1730–40 original

Medium

Gold (?) on base metal

Culture

British, Birmingham, after German, Augsburg original

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883