Collection Highlights
Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
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Luce Center
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Object name
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Sheffield plate
Dimensions
each overall: 12 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 14.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description
Pair of cast Sheffield plate candlesticks with bobeches; cast, rectangular baluster shafts with gadrooning around the bottom and around the knop, supporting cast sockets with a gadrooned urn shaped bases, square necks with rounded corners and a flared, gadrooned rims; cast, rectangular bobeches with applied, gadrooned rims; shafts seated on rectangular, molded, stepped and domed feet with a gadrooned band mid way; both weighted; bases lined with brown felt; no maker's marks.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number
1927.52a-d
Gallery Label
This pair of candlesticks belonged to Mrs. Abraham Varick, daughter of General Floyd, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
