Pair of Candlesticks

Possibly Richard Green, London, England

1721-1722

  • Titles Pair of Candlesticks (Descriptive)
  • Medium silver
  • Dimensions 6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. Diam. (16.2 × 11.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.426.1998.1-.2
  • Work Type candlesticks
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Small silver, oval tray on four cast ball and claw feet, with beaded edge.
Round jardinière, or flower pot of creamware on three stout feet and painted on both sides with on one a mother with children and a winged putti in a leafy reserve, and on the other a pair of nude little boy figures within the same leafy reserve, in between the two main scenes is a pattern of four ordered dots, the upper rim edged in mustard yellow.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Small vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief of urn shape on a square plinth decorated with white anthemion motifs all around, the round foot engine-turned and with a band of white beading, the lower body with white stiff leaf motifs and the upper body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series, including women and children at play with a dog and birds in a landscape with trees, around the shoulder a band of white jasper overlapping laurel leaves and berries, the two twisted handles terminate in lion masks, the neck is engine-turned and has a band of white beading below the lip, the cover is a wood replacement.