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Brass Candlestick

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1600-1650

GUSN

GUSN-2184

Description

Miniature, brass, pierced cylindrical candle cup, two-ring moldings on shaft, high-rising base and prominent drip pan; with amber tapers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candlesticks
brass (alloy)
molding (forming)
turning (shaping process)
Brass
Turned
Molded
Candlestick

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 1 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.194.1

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