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Description: | Brass sham'dan which is identical version of the other candlestick no. NCM 1992-648/1(a,b) with chiselled ornamental floral designs and inscriptions. The inscriptions are written in Arabic style with a mixture of presumably Persian or Turkish.
The object consists of two parts, the candle holder is tubular with a circular drip tray, and the conical base. The candle holder consists of three sections, the top section is of a conical shape divided by two convex bars each bar contain decorative patterns in the shape of a repeated leaf, and the inscription is between the two bars, the middle section is cylindrical and contain three friezes with inscriptions on them, the top and the bottom section the inscriptions were divided by a circle while the middle section divided by an ornamented leaf shape design. The circular tray contains a decorated and inscribed middle area surrounded by two narrow friezes. The three sections of the stand part were soldered by a white metal solder, which is apparent between the joints and on the surface of the object. The base is again taking the conical shape which is narrow from the top and wide in the bottom, divided by three decorative bars to three sections, the upper section contain a floral decoration and a narrow frieze while the middle section contain three areas of which all have inscriptions in them, the bottom section seems to overlap with the top section in term of the design and the frieze shape, this section is ended by the bottom rim of the base. The inner side of the Sham'adan was coated with bitumen and the only distinguishing feature between the two identical candlesticks is the slight difference in the measurements between them and slightly loose top of this Sham'adan than the tightly fitting top of the other one.
Contained within the inscriptions are names of Allah (there are 99 names in total for God, such as "the merciful" and "the most glorious one").
Accession number: NCM 1992-648/2 | Subjects: | metalwork | Temporal: | 1800-1900? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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