Pair of Candlesticks

Date1730-1750

MediumBrass

DimensionsHeight: 7 3/4"; Base: 4 9/16" square; Diameter of bobeche: 2 1/16"

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

Object number2020-393,1&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 with a petaled edge, set above a large, faceted knop, with a smaller one lower down the stem. Their slightly domed bases have eight petals, separated by pointed projections.