Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair)

Candelabrum perfume burner (one of a pair) by James Fothergill|Matthew Boulton

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

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