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Candlestick with a conical bulb stem and candleholder and base with a water landscape
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Porcelain candlestick with conical stem with nine ring-shaped thickenings, bell-shaped foot with a ribbed body and a cup-shaped candle holder with ribbed body and lobed rim. Painted in underglaze blue. The ring-shaped knobs with blue bands. The foot and the cup with a continuous river landscape with pavilions, trees, rocks and boats on the water. At the top of the foot a recessed circle where the upper part of the candlestick is placed. The stem has been broken. Blue and white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCandlestick with a conical bulb stem and candleholder and base with a water landscape. c. 1775 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.