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Silver taperstick
Cast silver taperstick modelled as a sailor in contemporary seaman's costume of 1761.
The sailor wears the typical wide trousers, a long unbuttoned jacket with clearly modelled back flaps, a frilled shirt, neckerchief, tricorn hat and buckled shoes. The right arm is raised and supports a leaf decorated candle socket. The figure stands on a rocaille and floral domed base.
The figure would have probably originally been part of a pair depicting a sailor and his lass. Such a pair by Samuel Siervent, dated 1762, is known. The Cafe family of silversmiths specialised in making candlesticks.
The sailor wears the typical wide trousers, a long unbuttoned jacket with clearly modelled back flaps, a frilled shirt, neckerchief, tricorn hat and buckled shoes. The right arm is raised and supports a leaf decorated candle socket. The figure stands on a rocaille and floral domed base.
The figure would have probably originally been part of a pair depicting a sailor and his lass. Such a pair by Samuel Siervent, dated 1762, is known. The Cafe family of silversmiths specialised in making candlesticks.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0724 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Taperstick |
| Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery |
| Creator: | Cafe, William |
| Date made: | 1761; 1761-1762 1761-62 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 150 x 82 mm |