Collection Highlights
Water VII
1997
2002.13.2
Graphite over ground on heavy paper with deckled edges
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Object name
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Date
1763-64
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 11 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 28.9 x 17.1 cm )
Silver Weight (A): 22 oz (troy) 17 dwt (710 g)
Silver Weight (A b
Description
Pair of cast, seamed and wrought silver candlesticks with bobeches; cast, twisted, baluster-shaped shafts with all over chased floral scroll decoration, supporting cast pear-shaped sockets with chased foliate scrolls around the bottoms and cast, loose, flared, and scalloped bobeches with foliate scroll decoration around the rim; shaft set on high, cast, splayed hexagonal feet with all over repouss
Credit Line
Gift of G. Livingston Bayard
Object Number
1964.45a-b.1-2
Marks
stamped: below the rims: lion passant, crowned leopard's head, unidentifiable date mark on b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
