Candelabra
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1760 - 1820
Materials
Wood, gesso
Measurements
730 mm (H); 480 mm (W)
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440497.2
Summary
[Destroyed in the fire of 2015] One of a pair of George III carved wood and gilt gesso table candelabra, each with three scrolling oak branches supporting oak branches with green-painted metal leaf nozzles, the stems in the form of flowering and leafy branches. Above one is perched an exotic bird. Phillips of Hitchin from Coleshill (John 22/2/71)
Provenance
Purchased by Mrs Gubbay from the 1950 Antique Dealers' Fair (see The Antique Collector Nov/Dec 1950) Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay