Candlestick

Date1660-1680

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH (with nozzle): 9 7/8"; Diam (nozzle): 4 9/16"; Diam (base): 8 1/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1977-264,2

DescriptionCandlestick
InscribedUnimpaled arms of the Glanville family engraved within a lozenge on face of both bases for an unmarried lady of the Glanville family.
MarkingsIndistinct touch mark incorporating, in part, an "S" within a small beaded circle on face of one stem at rim; removable nozzles unmarked.

ProvenanceGlanville and Mt. Edgcumbe families by descent (sold at Sotheby & Co., London in 1956 and purchased by Ronald F. Michaelis, Newhaven, Sussex); purchased by Colonial Williamsburg from Cyril C. Minchin, Bucklebury, Berkshire.

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