Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
1952.80
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Object name
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Date
ca. 1790
Medium
Sheffield plate, wood
Dimensions
each overall: 11 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 29.5 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description
Pair of cast Sheffield plate candlesticks with bobeches; each in the form of a Ionic column with a reeded body and a scrolled acanthus leaf capital; circular sockets in the top center of each; seated on a square, stepped and domed base with molded shell and leaf motifs on the ogee sides of the dome and a molded wave band below; wooden bases fitted into the bottom of the candlesticks; chamfered square bobeches with arched sides, circular openings in the center and cast gadrooned rims; open cylinders applied to the bases, to fit into the candlesticks; no maker's marks.
Credit Line
Gift of Isabel G. Dod
Object Number
1943.163ab
Marks
Engraving: plinths of candlesticks have relief ornamentation of upper border of central palmettes surrounded by scrolled acanthus leaves, with lower band of three waves with alternating shells or foliage.
Gallery Label
These candlesticks were presented by George Washington to Julia Bayard, daughter of Samuel Bayard, the Special Minister to England during George Washington's presidency, at her marriage to Lawrence Washington, a nephew of the president. Augusta Washington Wirt, a daughter of Julia and Lawrence Washington, gave them to Samuel Bayard Dod, the father of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.