Pair of Candlesticks

Dateca.1730-1750

MediumBrass

DimensionsHeight: 8"; Base: 4 5/16" square; Diameter of bobeche: 2 1/8"

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

Object number2020-391,1&2

DescriptionPair of brass candlesticks of columnar form, each hollow stem cast in two halves and peened onto cast bases. Each has a cylindrical moulded socket, topped by an integral bobeche, set above a large, faceted knop, which flows into a smaller one lower down the stem. Their slightly domed square bases have plain petals on the corners, and projections in between.