Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)

ca. 1770

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 515

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."

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Title: Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)
Maker: Matthew Boulton (British, Birmingham 1728–1809 Birmingham)
Maker: and James Fothergill (died 1782)
Date: ca. 1770
Culture: British, Soho near Birmingham
Medium: Derbyshire spar, gilded bronze, wood, silvered copper
Dimensions: .1632, wt. confirmed: 23 3/4 × 19 × 8 1/2 in., 26 lb. (60.3 × 48.3 × 21.6 cm, 11.8 kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.1632
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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