Broad circular base with bulbous column heavily decorated with floral and foliate scrolls. Plain socket with repoussed removable floral and foliate bobeche. Weighted base.
candlesticks
copper (metal)
plating (metal coating)
silver (metal)
acanthus (motif)
Rococo Revival
Sheffield plate
Silver
Copper
Plated
Acanthus
Sheffield
Rococo Revival
CANDLESTICK
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
12 (H), 6 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1496.2
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