CANDELABRA, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Imperial Ekaterinburg Lapidary Factory (Attributed to) , Ivan Ivanovich Gal'berg (Designer)
On view in: Dining Room
About this object
Large sections of lapis were pieced onto an iron rod to create a lapis lazuli column that tapers upward toward a carved Ionic capital. A winged figure of victory in gilt bronze stands on the globe on the top of each capital. She supports a crown, decorated with a vine scroll, to which six candle holders are attached. The bases, with acanthus leaf ornaments, rest on four lion-paw feet.
- Object name:
- CANDELABRA, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Lapis lazuli -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1829
- Size:
- 41 in. (104.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.191.2
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MARK: inventory number: No. 15 on base]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973