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Gloucester candlestick

gilt-bronze artifact [12th century]
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  • Plaque showing a warrior and attendants
    metalwork
    / England

    The Gloucester candlestick (see photograph), in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, displays the power and imagination of the designer as well as an extraordinary manipulative skill on the part of the founder. According to its inscription, this candlestick, which stands about two feet (60 centimeters)…

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    The Gloucester candlestick (see photograph), in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, displays the power and imagination of the designer as well as an extraordinary manipulative skill on the part of the founder. According to its inscription, this candlestick, which stands about two feet (60 centimeters)…

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