Candlestick (set of eight)
Artist
Robert Tyrill(English, active c. 1720–1757)English, active c. 1720–1757
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Candlestick (set of eight)
Date1752–1753
PlaceLondon, England
MediumSilver
Dimensionsoverall: 12 5/8 × 8 × 7 3/4 in. (32.1 × 20.3 × 19.7 cm)
.A (candlestick): 12 1/4 × 8 × 8 in.
.B (bobeche): 1 11/16 × 3 3/4 in. diameter
.A (candlestick): 12 1/4 × 8 × 8 in.
.B (bobeche): 1 11/16 × 3 3/4 in. diameter
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society and George S. Heyer, Jr.
Object number2001.585.A,.B
Current Location
Rienzi
Ballroom
Exposé
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Department
RienziObject Type
Exhibition History"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 17 September 2011 - 29 January 2012.
Published References Victoria and Albert Museum, Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth’s England (London: Trefoil Books and the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984), 70. Arthur G. Grimwade, Rococo Silver, 1727–1765 (London: Faber and Faber, 1974), 54–55, ill. 72A–75B. The Lamerie candelabra and four Kandler candlesticks belong to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. For a detailed discussion of this group of silver, see Timothy Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008). Christie’s, New York, Important Silver, Objects of Vertu, and Russian Works of Art, 19 October 2001, lot 345. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On side or underneath base, "R T" with a pellet in a rectangle and London hallmarks for 1752–53.
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