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Candlestick
Bradbury, Thomas, & Son (Successor to Matthew Fenton & Co, Sheffield, founded (before?) 1769; factory at corner of Arundel Street and Surrey Street, Sheffield, 1831-1855)
One of a pair of candlesticks, sterling silver, in the form of a late Gothic chimney stack, with a square and sloping stepped base, filled with lead, supporting an octagonal stem with a socket set into its top, into which fits the detachable nozzle, this also octagonal and flaring to a crenellated rim; chased with fictive masonry lines, the base engraved with the arms and motto of Vaughan quartering Nanney and others impaling Mostyn quartering others, engraved on the opposite side with an inscription.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51546
Creation/Production
Bradbury, Thomas, & Son
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/6/2002
Measurements
Height
(cm): 23.6
Width
(cm): 10.6
Depth
(cm): 10.6
Height
(in): 9
Width
(in): 4
Depth
(in): 4
Weight
(gr): 73.05
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
textile
lead
Location
In store
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