ECS-S.37:4-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.37:4-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Ainger Candlestick
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
One of two pairs of candlesticks
Comments
Two pairs of Candlesticks, catalogued together
Other number
37D
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 338mm
Inscription description
Leopard's head crowned
Lion passant
On No. 10 Date mark: 1769-1770
Maker's mark: WA
Scratch weight: 22oz 9 dwts
Lion passant
On No. 10 Date mark: 1769-1770
Maker's mark: WA
Scratch weight: 22oz 9 dwts
Material
silver
Physical description
One of two pairs of candlesticks. Highly decorated with flowers in relief, shells and scrolls, with festoons of flowers on flared, spreading shaped bases. Numbered on bases: 3,4,9,10
Production
Person
Date
1769-1770
History and association
Object history note
Donated by Arthur Campbell Ainger
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.24 pl.XVIII)
