Pair of Candlesticks

Dateca.1740-1760

MediumBrass

DimensionsHeight: 8 5/16"; Width of base: 5"; Diameter of bobeche: 2 1/8"

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

Object number2020-388,1&2

DescriptionPair of brass candlesticks of columnar form, each stem cast in two halves and peened onto cast bases. They have cylindrical moulded sockets with low prickets inside, and integral bobeches. Each stem has a large, rounded knop below the socket, and two smaller ones down lower. Their slightly domed bases each have six petals, taking the form of a scallop shell.