Perfume burner
Diederich Nicolaus Anderson (d.1767)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1757 - 1761
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Measurements
900 x 340 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108721
Summary
A George III ormulu perfume-burner and lid probably made by D. N. Anderson to a design by James Athenian Stuart, in the form of a tripod candelabrum (or altar) chased with foliage and fluting, the supports chased with female heads and resting on claw feet. The whole on a marble base.
Makers and roles
Diederich Nicolaus Anderson (d.1767) James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713 - 1788), designer