Pair of Candlesticks

Dateca.1730-1750

MediumBrass

DimensionsHeight: 6 7/16"; Base: 4 3/16" square; Diameter of bobeche: 1 9/16"

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

Object number2020-394,1&2

DescriptionPair of brass candlesticks of columnar form, each 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, with a smaller one lower down the stem. Their slightly domed square bases have plain petals on the corners and concave panels in between.
ProvenancePurchased from Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc. (New York, NY), on October 19, 1983.