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In his will of 4 December 1879 and in a codicil of 22 January 1880, Jones bequeathed the objects to the South Kensington Museum, and they were transferred there after his death in 1882. The Handbook to the Jones bequest, published in 1883, marvels at the value of the gift, which seems still not to have been displayed to best advantage: 'Probably a large majority of those who visit the Jones collection will be indisposed to believe ... that so limited a space as three not large galleries in the Museum can contain furniture and decorative arts worth no less than a quarter of a million of money'. Although Jones' principal collecting interests lay in French eighteenth-century furniture and decorative arts, some of his acquisitions have since been re-dated to the nineteenth century, and his bequest also included nineteenth-century objects purchased to complement his collection and furnish his house. The designs for these candelabra recall works designed in the 1780s by the French sculptor Claude Michel Clodion (Nancy 1738–1814) and executed by the skilled bronze founder Pierre Gouthière (1732-1812/14). Their works were much-imitated in the following century, and the bright, robust layer of gilding on these examples, the floral swags round the marble base and the pedestrian modelling suggests these are nineteenth-century pieces which reflect the Victorian love of rich, gilded surfaces and historical artistic styles.","physicalDescription":"Gilded metal figures of Pan and a nymph respectively, each holding a cluster of flowers, five of which form sockets for candles. Cylindrical fluted pedestals hung with festoons of fruit and flowers; square plinths with incurved corners.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"Figures attributed to designs by Clodion and execution of gilded metal figures to Pierre Gouthière."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Lighting","id":"THES48925"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2017KC9733","2017KE2627","2023NP2065"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES405558"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES405558"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"008","id":"THES405675"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES405558"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES405558"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES405558"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Candelabra","id":""}],[{"text":"Candelabra","id":""}],[{"text":"Mount from candelabrum","id":""}],[{"text":"Candelabra","id":""}],[{"text":"Candelabra","id":""}],[{"text":"Candelabra","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"18th century","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1799-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by John Jones","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The appearance of these candelabra derives from late-eighteenth-century works designed by Clodion and executed by Gouthière. The pair of five-light candelabra which are probably the ultimate inspiration for the V&amp;A ones is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inventory nos. 58.75.123 and 58.75.124).  ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Gilded metal figures stand on cylindrical, fluted, marble bases with applied gilded metal ornament. Possibly France, 18th century. ","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Smith, Cecil H. <u>Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of the Jones Collection,   Part II: Ceramics, Ormolu, Goldsmiths' Work, Enamels, Sculpture, Tapestry, Books, and Prints</u>. London: The Authority of the Board of Education, 1924."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["976-1882","976A-1882","976PART-1882","976A/2-1882","976A/3-1882","976A/4-1882"],"accessionNumberNum":"976","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1882,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Candelabra [1]","Candelabra [2]","Mount from candelabrum","fragment [1]","fragment [2]","fragment [3]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-12","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}