Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks
Object name
Candlesticks
Date
1650-1700
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
a: 5 x 5 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 cm )
b: 5 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 12.1 cm )
Description
Pair of nearly identical candlesticks with molded rim sockets of two rotation spiraling shaft which screw into wide round saucer bases with upturned rims; each has slightly different proportions.
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number
1967.63ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
