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Candelabra

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1840

GUSN

GUSN-55895

Description

Scalloped, triangular base; elaborately molded shaft culminating in two-handled urn from which spring seven arms in elaborate foliate and floral forms culminating in vasiform candleholders.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candelabras (candleholders)
bronze (metal)
gilding
Candleholder
Candelabrum
Candelabrum

Associated Building

Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23 1/2 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

1972.55A

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