- Object name(s):
- Design
- Brief description:
- A full scale design for a candlestick showing the side elevation and plan with detail of the pierced sconce.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Drawings
- Associated concept:
- Designs
- Associated concept:
- History of the V&A
- Associated concept:
- Metalwork
- Associated concept:
- Lighting
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated person:
- Sir Roy Strong
- Associated place:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Content - concept:
- candlesticks
- Content - concept:
- sconce
- Content - concept:
- elevation
- Content - concept:
- plan
- Credit line:
- Commissioned for the Victoria and Albert Museum by Sir Roy Strong. Given by the Collection of Metalwork
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2015HY0578/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 42.6
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 29.9
- Inscription content:
- 'Trail [sic] sketch'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Inscribed in ink
- Inscription content:
- 'Working drawing: Sterling silver candlestick. Round turreted column inset in square base. Victoria and Albert Museum May 1983'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Lettered with titles and
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- ink
- Object history note:
- The candlestick in this design was to be part of a pair, commissioned by Sir Roy Strong for the Victoria and Albert Museum, but they were never executed.
- Object name:
- Design
- Object number:
- E.1977-1990
- Object production date:
- 1983
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1983-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1983-12-31
- Object production person:
- Burton, Jocelyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- Great Britain
- Place association:
- designed
- Physical description:
- A full scale design for a candlestick showing the side elevation and plan with detail of the pierced sconce.
- Reproduction number:
- 2015HY0578
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- drawing
- Technique:
- dyeline
- Technique:
- Pen and ink and dyeline on paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/95bd9e26-dc87-35b4-a976-6e267098a814
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/95bd9e26-dc87-35b4-a976-6e267098a814, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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