Candlestick

Date1675-1690

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH: 8 13/16"; OW (base): 7 5/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-563

DescriptionCandlestick: cylindrical socket with straight sides inclining inward toward base with multiple moldings at rim and at bottom; main section of stem composed of a flattened-sphere knop with reeded mid-band; broad flange of octagonal plan with domed center and reeded and molded edge at end of stem and above base; broad base of octagonal plan with cast vine border at edge of flat-topped domed center section and reeded and molded outer edge. Uninscribed as to owner.
InscribedIndistinct probable owner's inititials stamped on underside of base at edge.
MarkingsNo.
ProvenanceVendor: A.H. Isher & Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (said by vendor to have come from county Durham).

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