Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
1836
1927.59
Plaster with wash
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Object name
Pair of candlesticks with bobeches
Date
ca. 1815
Medium
Sheffield plate
Dimensions
each overall: 7 5/8 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 19.4 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description
Pair of cast and seamed Sheffield plate candlesticks and bobeches; rectangular shafts supporting cast, applied gadrooned sockets with a plain lips; rectangular bobeches with gadrooned rims of different sizes; shafts applied to rectangular, molded feet with gadrooned bands midway; feet raised to gadrooned domes in the centers with baluster knop applied above each dome and flaring to square, gadrooned pedestals with raised concave shoulders; bases filled with plaster; no maker's marks.
Credit Line
Bequest of Major Philip Schuyler
Object Number
1915.21a-d
Gallery Label
These candlesticks belonged to the Schuyler family.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
