1988.44.1.A-L Albert Wilms, Candelabrum for Pompeian dessert service

Closely related to a silver, silvergilt, and enamel candelabrum exhibited as part of the Pompeian dessert service by English firm Frederick Elkington & Co. at the International Exhibition of 1862, this monumental candelabrum epitomizes the Neoclassical style popular in the mid-19th century. Originally part of a dessert service that included two tall tazzas and four short tazzas, the candelabrum is accompanied by a mirrored plateau featuring a band of anthemion, a decorative motif consisting of radiating petals common in ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Bands of anthemion likewise appear on the candelabrum, dividing it into three parts: base, stem, and branches. The main feature is the stem with three classical figures representing Agriculture, Commerce, and a priestess of the Temple of Peace positioned between three slender legs that terminate in scrolls and rosettes. Seven branches ornamented with scrolls, ivy leaves, and berries support seven sockets, the center of which holds a shallow glass bowl. 

I edited the title in TMS, adding carets to either side of "Pompeian" in the indicate italics.

I added "executed 1876" to the date in TMS based on the mark on the object and documentation in the Collections Records Object File. 

I added glass to the Medium display field in TMS.

I removed the silver grade ("Sterling") from the Medium display field in TMS and added it as a Getty Vocabularies term.

I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.

I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 330.

Until 1988: The Meadows Foundation Incorporated

From 1988: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above

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