Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)
James Fothergill|Matthew Boulton
ca. 1770
Medium
Derbyshire spar, gilded bronze, wood, silvered copper
Dimensions
.1632, wt. confirmed: 23 3/4 × 19 × 8 1/2 in., 26 lb. (60.3 × 48.3 × 21.6 cm, 11.8 kg)
Classification
Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Culture
British, Soho near Birmingham
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.1632
Tags
Caryatids
About the Artist
James Fothergill|Matthew Boulton (British| ) · 1728 |1682 –1809 |1782
British, Birmingham 1728–1809 Birmingham|died 1782