About this objectA Della Robbia red earthenware candelabra in the form of 2 female and 2 male figures back to back. They arms are outstretched and supporting urns as candleholders. They are dressed in a Grecian manner and coloured citrus yellow and turquoise.
This piece demonstrates her talent with moulding and sculpture as well as her ability to merge functionality and artistic form. This piece plays on the classical past as well as the elements, as its function is to hold a flame, but the people depicted are water carriers. It also demonstrates a harmony between the sexes, perhaps as an allegory for the pottery itself.Â
