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They have been modelled as miniature barley-sugar twist columns  and decorated in a light and feminine style with spiralling garlands of flowers.  Similar items appear in contemporary paintings  and prints showing wealthy noblewomen in their boudoirs.  It is easy to imagine these candlesticks, sitting on the dressing  table of one such lady, flanking a mirror and matching an array of porcelain pots containing different types of make-up.   Candlesticks called bougoirs de toilette  appear in the Sèvres factory records in 1774 and may denote candlesticks of this  shape.  For a white pair with garlands of flowers see 802 & A-1882, and another decorated with turquoise ground ribbons and colourful flowers  is in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (National Trust).","physicalDescription":"Candlestick, one of a pair, barley sugar twist columns, square plinth, ormolu mounts, porcelain, decoration of leaves painted in enamels and gilt on a bleu nouveau ground.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Sèvres porcelain factory","id":"A406"},"association":{"text":"manufacturers","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Soft-paste porcelain","id":"AAT10665"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Lighting","id":"THES48925"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AG7303","2017KE1833"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139 (VA)","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"25","shelf":"1","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"candlestick","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1774-ca. 1775","earliest":"1769-01-01","latest":"1779-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"798A-1882","id":"O102913"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by John Jones","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"6.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Interlaced 'L's","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Maker's mark, nearly obliterated, in blue/ brown enamel (CHECK)"}],"objectHistory":"John Jones Bequest, Catalogue number 156.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Candlestick, barley sugar twist columns, square plinth, porcelain, decoration of leaves painted in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, about 1774-1775","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"William King, Catalogue of the Jones Collection, II, Ceramics, ormolu, goldsmiths' work, enamels, sculpture, tapestry, books, and prints  (London: Victoria and  Albert Museum, 1924), p. 22, no. 156."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"leaves","id":"AAT11892"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["798-1882"],"accessionNumberNum":"798","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1882,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2004-06-07","availableToBook":false}}