Title
Birds in branches' candlestick [one of a pair]
circa 1765-circa 1770
Artist
![Alternate image of Birds in branches' candlestick [one of a pair] by Derby](/media/thumbnails/collection_images/Alpha/L2012.127%23detail04%23S.jpg.299x400_q85.jpg)
![Alternate image of Birds in branches' candlestick [one of a pair] by Derby](/media/thumbnails/collection_images/Alpha/L2012.127%23detail06%23S.jpg.299x400_q85.jpg)
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Details
- Date
- circa 1765-circa 1770
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- 23.8 x 15.0 x 10.2 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- L2012.127
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Derby
Works in the collection
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About
Candlesticks of comparable design were also produced at Bow at the same period. This example has the typical Derby patch marks. The candlestick is held by a looped branch at the back which has a thumb-rest in the form of a small shell. See also L2012.118.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
The Lady and the Unicorn, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Feb 2018–24 Jun 2018
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 68 (colour illus., detail), 72 (colour illus.). cat.no. 84
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