Candelabrum (one of a pair)
Matthew Boulton
second half 18th century · Gilt bronze, Derbyshire spar · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
One of the materials often used by Boulton and Fothergill's metalwork manufactory was Derbyshire spar, also known as Blue John, a type of fluorite mined near Castleton in Derbyshire.
- Artist
- Matthew Boulton
- Date
- second half 18th century
- Medium
- Gilt bronze, Derbyshire spar
- Culture
- British
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1955
