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They were made in sets, diminishing in size and with hollow spikes so that they could be stacked one on top of the other. This type of candlestick was made in the second half of the thirteenth and the early fourteenth century. This example includes the Italian arms of the city of Florence, a cardinal of the Orsini family and the Aldobrandini family.\r\n\r\n Coats of arms upon such candlesticks were popular as decorative motifs and were probably often purely decorative. A rare set of six stacking candlesticks in the Louvre include the arms of France, Champagne and Turenne, arms frequently used in the production of Limoges enamels. This example includes the Italian arms of the city of Florence, a cardinal of the Orsini family and the Aldobrandini family.","physicalDescription":"Candlestick with champlevé enamel on copper. The object is six sided with a tapering pricket rising from a  spreading foot bearing the arms of the city of Florence, a cardinal of the Orsini family and the Aldobrandini; each shield is flanked by two winged monsters on a ground of enamel. 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That example includes the arms of England used before 1340, the arms of the Kingdom of Naples and possibly the incorrectly rendered arms of Jacques D'Euse, who was elected Pope John XXII in 1316.","historicalContext":"Candlesticks like this example are known as travelling candlesticks. They were made in sets, diminishing in size, with hollow spikes, so that they could be stacked. This type of candlestick was popular in the second half of the thirteenth and the early fourteenth century. Coats of arms upon such candlesticks were popular and could be purely decorative. A rare set of six stacking candlesticks in the Louvre include the arms of France, Champagne and Turenne, arms frequently used in Limousin production. This example includes the Italian arms of the city of Florence, a cardinal of the Orsini family and the Aldobrandini family.","briefDescription":"Copper decorated with coats of arms in champlevé enamel, Limoges, ca.1300","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Marian Campbell, 'The Pope's Candlestick', <u>The Archaeological Journal</u>, vol.65, pt.2, 1985, pp.467-8"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350</u>, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, p.380"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["M.579-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"579","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR2179","2019LU4340","2019LT9378","2019LW3606","2021MW6176"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2007-07-25","availableToBook":false}}