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| Keywords: French - Pricket Candlestick - Walters 44596.jpg The base of this pricket candlestick bears the combined arms of Bernard VIII d 1339 count of Comminges and those of his second wife Marguerite de Turenne alternating with the fleur de lys the heraldic emblem of the royal house of France Although such personal items were often commissioned as gifts to commemorate special events coats of arms did not necessarily refer to a specific patron but were part of workshops' decorative repertoire early Other date century 14 Medieval champlevé enamel on copper cm 17 9 9 4 10 accession number 44 596 31387 Baron Pichon Paris ca 1897 by purchase John E Taylor London by purchase Sale London 1912 no 61 Raphael Stora Paris and New York by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris by purchase Brummer Sale Parke-Bernet New York April 23 1949 no 715 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
