Set of four candlesticks
1769-1770
- Medium
- silver, wood, fabric
- Measurements
- (a-b) 32.1 × 13.6 × 13.6 cm (overall)
(c-d) 32.4 × 13.7 × 13.6 cm (overall)
(e-f) 32.4 × 13.6 × 13.6 cm (overall)
(g-h) 32.2 × 13.5 × 13.6 cm (overall) - Place/s of Execution
- London, England
- Inscription
- (a) punched (vertically) in rear above rim of base l.c.: WA
punched in rear above rim of base l.c.: (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) O
(c) punched (vertically) in left side above rim of base l.c.: W
punched in left side above rim of base l.c.: (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) O
(e) punched (vertically) in right side l.c.: Wa
punched in right side l.c.: (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) O
(g) punched (vertically) in left side l.c.: Wa
punched in left side l.c.: (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) O - Accession Number
- 3291.a-h-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1932
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Through his claims that forms in architecture could be related to the size and proportions of the human body, the writings of Roman architect Vitruvius exerted an enormous influence during the Renaissance. The role of the column was critical, as the column shaft and capital were equated with the body and head and from its proportions and type – Doric, Ionic or Corinthian, all other aspects of a building followed. In Classical architecture, each column type formed part of an order of decoration and proportion, thus forming a language of proportions, translated here to a domestic scale in these candlesticks.
