Candlestick Candlestick, On a concave, three-sided base with a leg on each corner, formed by a lion's claw, which goes up into an S-volute with leaf motif, stands the baluster-shaped shaft, which ends in a fat trap with pin. The shaft is formed from bottom to top by a 'vase', the bottom of which is profiled with adorned godrons, the 'cuppa' with an ascending leaf motif and the 'lid' with a descending leaf motif, on top a cord-shaped ring, from which five elongated, rising leaves spring and above which are some annular profiles and a nodus widening upwards with godrons, adorned with grunts
Candlestick Candlestick, On a concave, three-sided base with a leg on each corner, formed by a lion's claw, which goes up into an S-volute with leaf motif, stands the baluster-shaped shaft, which ends in a fat trap with pin. The shaft is formed from bottom to top by a 'vase', the bottom of which is profiled with adorned godrons, the 'cuppa' with an ascending leaf motif and the 'lid' with a descending leaf motif, on top a cord-shaped ring, from which five elongated, rising leaves spring and above which are some annular profiles and a nodus widening upwards with godrons, adorned with grunts at the top, furthermore a second cord-shaped ring, from which a leaf with five-leaf tips originates, placed against five elongated leaves, which at the top merge into a thickened with egg-frame, and a concave, short stem with twisted cannellures, on which the fat trap, decorated with an ascending leaf motif and profiled edge. On the sides of the base, against a sanded background, in raised letters: MAGGIO: E: GIVGNO MCCCCLXVIII, foliage, tendrils, branches, ornament, Palazzo Vecchio, Andrea del Verrocchio, Florence, 1468 - 1469, bronze (metal), kern, h cm × d cm × w kg
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