Pair of Candlesticks

Dateca.1730-1750

MediumCopper alloy

DimensionsHeight: 7 1/2"; Across base: 4 7/8"; Diameter of bobeche: 1 1/2"

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

Object number2020-396,1&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 a narrow, integral bobeche, set above a large, faceted knop, with a smaller one lower down the stem. Their slightly domed bases have six petal-shaped projections.