Candlestick

Date1830-1845

Artist/Maker James Weekes

OriginAmerica, New York, New York City or Poughkeepsie

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH: 7 3/4"; Diam (base): 4 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-582,1

DescriptionOne of a pair of candlesticks; circular in plan; flaring drip pan on straight-sided socket with molding at socket base; small molded knop over inverted-baluster stem with large molded knop over smaller, flattened knop; domed base falls from shoulder in concave curve to flat plane and then in a series of convex and concave moldings to edge.
InscribedNo
MarkingsMaker's touch "J.WEEKES" in incuse letters on underside of one base.
ProvenanceVendor: Louis G. Myers, New York City.