Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780–1785
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A variation of the motifs of -2037; the putto supports a cornucopia from which the candle springs. Written at right be the artist: "Piedistalli di Alabastro / o siano di Porfido con [verde Base e Cima]se di marmo [erased] cameo di alabastro / in mezzo feston di / Metallo dorato / base e cimase di / Marmo bianco base di metallo Putto / di Argento corna / copio di cristal di / Monte con foglie / di metally dorato". Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2033
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 25.6 x 15.1 cm (10 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.)