candlestick

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Object Type
Museum number: 1911,0621.4
Description: Candlestick; silver, silver-gilt, niello. The circular nozzle above a hexagonal cupped drip pan with embattled rim. A hexagonal stem, the central cushion knop with projecting lozenges set with nielloed plaques alternately with the saltire cross for St Andrew and the arms of Velasco. Above the foot a hexagonal lobed knop, the spreading lobed hexagonal foot with beaded decoration at the edge.
Production date: 1450-1550 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Spain (probably)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Hospital de la Vera Cruz
Materials: niello; silver
Technique: gilded; nielloed
Dimensions: Height: 225 millimetres
Curator's comments: Pair with 1911,0621.3. See van Bellegem, Roehrs, McLeod 2008 for a full discussion of the Vera Cruz set.
Bibliographic references: Santa Clara 2004 / El Monasterio de Santa Clara de Medina de Pomar Fundación y Patronazgo de la Casa de Velasco (Chapter XI, pp. 331-360); Barrón García 1998 / La Época Dorada de la Platería Burgalesa 1400-1600 (Vol. I, p. 85); Cherry 1992 / Medieval Craftsmen: Goldsmiths (fig. 51); Porres Fernandez 1989 / El Hospital de la Vera Cruz de Medina de Pomar (a. 1438) Fundación, Dotación, Ordenanzas; van Bellegem et al 2008 / A Spanish Medieval altar 'set': new investigation and assessment of its date and manufacture (p.67-76, p.68, fig.1, p.70)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good
Subjects: heraldry; cross
Associated names: Authorised or patronised by: Pedro Fernandez de Velasco; Emblem of: Velasco; Emblem of: St Andrew
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1911
Acquisition notes: Said to have been given by Don Pedro Fernandez de Velasco to the Hospital de la Vera Cruz at Medina de Pomar near Burgos.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1911,0621.4
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