Pair of Candlesticks

Dateca.1740-1760

MediumBrass

DimensionsHeight: 9 5/16"; Across base: 4 11/16"; Diameter of bobeche: 2 1/8"

Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Object number2020-387,1&2

DescriptionPair of brass candlesticks of columnar form, each stem cast in two halves and peened onto cast bases. They have cylindrical moulded sockets topped by eight-lobed flanges, with large, en suite knops below, and smaller ones further down the stem. Each slightly domed base is round, with eight lobes separated by pointed projections.