Square marble base, supporting a brass (gilt finish) stage and highly stylized three-branched stem; each branch terminating in circular socket and scalloped bobech; the base of the socket has leafy circular decorative element with faceted crystal pieces hanging down from the leaf tips.
candelabras (candleholders)
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
marble (rock)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
stags
Brass
Marble
Glass
Stag
CANDELABRUM
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
15.5 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.617
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