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Start Over Object class Candleholders Accession number Acc.4777
Hearst Museum object titled Candelabra, accession number 3-30762, described as Ceramic candelabra fashioned as a woman with uplifted arms and wearing a decorated skirt. “Blouse” is painted green; skirt is decorated with a painted design of repeated feather-like figures in blue, green, and black, highlighted with brown dots of various sizes. Above the hipline is a repetitive scallop pattern. Head has green hair and a topknot of unpainted clay decorated with scallops and crosshatching. The end of each arm forms a candleholder with a central spike for holding a candle in place. Each holder is decorated with a flower-like pattern on its top surface. The entire figure is glazed with a clear glaze that renders the figure a grey tone where not painted. Inside the base is a marking, which reads, “Mexico KE” followed by a potters mark of a leaping animal.
Hearst Museum object titled Candelabra, accession number 3-30644, described as Tree of Life; ceramic, painted throughout in terracotta, black, pale grey, dark grey, pale yellow, white. features Adam and Eve and the snake at the center of the tree. God at the apex with 3 doves above his head and sun to his left and moon to his right and sitting birds below each. below God is the Archangel Michael (defender of heaven), beside whom are 2 angel's heads with wings. 6 (4 large, 2 small) doves form a square around Adam/Eve/snake. 9 "apples" are mounted on wires and distributed about the interior of the tree. a very large and elaborate blossom is featured at the bottom of the tree. tree is surrounded by 6 rosettes with yellow centers and 12 leaves. 4 highly decorated leaves separate the upper from the mid and lower sections of the tree. base has a small elephant and giraffe in front of the trunk. molded on back of base if a palm tree with "ALC" and "Metepec" inscribed at base of trunk.
Hearst Museum object titled Candelabra, accession number 3-30643, described as Tree of Life; ceramic, features Adam and Eve (pale pink with dark hair) with snake (brown & white) twining up tree; 7 yellow, purple, fuchsia & dark blue rosettes decorate around the outside. 16 border leaves (fuchsia, aqua, yellow hi-lighted with gold), 10 interior leaves (aqua hi-lighted with gold) and 22 fuchsia "apples" mounted on wire "stems" surround the figures; 4 white birds with gold feathers are located on the 4 corners of the tree. tree itself is painted fuchsia; base is dark blue/purple; both hi-lighted with gold. holds 5 candles.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Candelabra, accession number 3-32020, described as Mexican folk art - tree of life candelabra
Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder and candle, accession number 3-30662a,b, described as part of Aguilar Mourning Scene (3-30647 to 3-30665); (a) candle stick with (b) candle. (a) ceramic candle stick and (b) a tall white ceramic candle with red flame. candle stick is decorated with applied and painted motifs (white florals w/blue/green leaves, yellow/blue and red/blue/white inscribed and painted bands, red hash marks). the neck of the candle stick is diagonally striped red and yellow and the drip rim is brown.
Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder with candle, accession number 3-30650, described as part of Aguilar Mourning Scene (3-30647 to 3-30665); candle stick with candle. ceramic candle stick containing a tall white candle with red flame. candle stick is decorated with applied and painted motifs (white florals with blue/green leaves, yellow/blue & red/blue/white inscribed and painted bands, red hash marks). neck of the candle stick is diagonally striped red and yellow and the drip rim is brown. markings inside base: "AFEB" & "344". chip in the underside of the drip rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder with candle, accession number 3-30660a,b, described as part of Aguilar Mourning Scene (3-30647 to 3-30665); (a) candle stick with (b) candle. (a) ceramic decorated candle stick and (b) tall white ceramic candle with red flame. candle stick is decorated with applied and painted motifs (yellow florals with green leaves, blue & red/white inscribed and painted bands, blue hash marks and brown flowers with black scrolls). the neck of the candle stick is diagonally striped red and blue and the drip rim is brown. markings inside base: "AFEB" & "344".
Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder with candle, accession number 3-30661a,b, described as part of Aguilar Mourning Scene (3-30647 to 3-30665); (a) candle stick with (b) candle. (a) ceramic decorated candle stick and (b) tall white ceramic candle with red flame. candle stick is decorated with applied and painted motifs (yellow florals with green leaves, blue & red/white inscribed and painted bands, blue hash marks and brown flowers with black scrolls). the neck of the candle stick is diagonally striped red and blue and the drip rim is brown.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Candlestick, accession number 3-30917, described as CANDLE STICK: Ceramic “tree of life” candle stick for a single candle with crèche. Tree composed of a round stand with single center pier and a single loop on each side, painted day-glow pink. Three ceramic leaves (day-glow-pink, yellow, orange) are attached by wires to each side. A pink flower highlighted with gold is attached at the top, flanked by 3 small round balls painted pink and black. Attached to front are Mary, proper right (pink, black and white); Joseph, proper left (green, yellow, white, pink and black); infant at center, on an orange manger (pink, black, yellow). All figures, leaves and flowers are highlighted with gold. Note: chip in candlestick opening has been repaired.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Candlestick, accession number 3-30918, described as CANDLE STICK: Ceramic candlestick formed from a half globe, to which a hollow tube for mounting a candle is attached at top. Attached at the base, on one side, are a woman in a purple gown, blue cloak and white head cover holding a swaddled infant; a bearded man wearing a yellow ochre robe, yellow cloak and holding a bottle and shepherds crook; and a grey donkey with and a yellow saddle. The globular base is painted green, grey, yellow and red. A white stream flowing down from the candle stick to the edge of the base, and highlighted with silver glitter, between the two standing figures. Three green trees flank the candleholder at top. Holder is painted with red stripes. Appears to represent the flight into Egypt by the Christian holy family. “Mexico” stamped on underside.

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