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Candlestick

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-5567

Description

Three dimensional frog with front feet placed on lily pad, flower on pad forms candle socket.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candlesticks
bronze (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
frogs (animals)
water leaf (motif)
Bronze
Frog
Lily Pad
CANDLESTICK

Inscription

Signed ""Baryc"" back inscribed ""Jev""

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

1.625 x 4.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.870

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