• Title
  [Sir Henry Parkes - pair of candlesticks made by Parkes, ca. 1831]
• Creator
  Henry Parkes, Sir, 1815-1896
• Call number
  SAFE/DR 3
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1831
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  411373
• Physical Description
  Objects - 2 candlesticks carved from Boxwood with ivory tops - Height 16.9 cm. ; base diameter 8 cm.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Listed as `Lot 92 Pair of candlesticks, boxwood and ivory, made by Henry Parkes when an apprentice boy, about the year 1831' in `Catalogue of the library and furniture of The Hon. Sir Henry Parkes, G.C.M.G. removed from his residence, "Kenilworth" ... James Lawson & Sons ... by auction ... 18-20th March 1896 ...' (ML ref. 017.2/1A1 p.52)
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823476
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  `These candlesticks were made by me when an apprentice boy - Henry Parkes' -- in ink on the underside of each candlestick base
• Topic
  apprentices
  candlesticks
  turners
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3153150

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