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Object name(s):
Candlestick
Brief description:
Candlestick of unglazed red earthenware painted with light blue enamel and gilded. In the form of a pillar with a wide circular base. Round the socket and base are conventional borders in relief.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Ceramics
Associated concept:
Earthenware
Credit line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EB8949/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
24.4
Dimension:
Diameter
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
12.1
Inscription content:
'WATCOMBE TORQUAY'
Inscription interpretation:
Printed in black
Inscription content:
'WT' [in monogram]
Inscription interpretation:
Impressed
Material:
earthenware
Material:
enamel
Object history note:
Given by the Watcombe Terra Cotta Clay Company. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Object name:
Candlestick
Object number:
3739-1901
Object production date:
1869-1876
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1869-01-01
Date - latest:
1876-12-31
Object production organisation:
Watcombe Pottery Co.
Organisation's association:
maker
Object production place:
Torquay
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Candlestick of unglazed red earthenware painted with light blue enamel and gilded. In the form of a pillar with a wide circular base. Round the socket and base are conventional borders in relief.
Reproduction number:
2010EB8949
Responsible department/section:
CER
Technique:
painted
Technique:
gilded
Technique:
Earthenware painted with enamel and gilded
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
Candlestick made by Watcombe Terra-Cotta Co., Torquay , Devon, England, 3739-1901 Given by Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company
Text date:
23/05/2008
Text reason:
Gallery label text

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/83fa3201-7c90-394d-9c9d-88fd8902bed3

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/83fa3201-7c90-394d-9c9d-88fd8902bed3, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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