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Candle Arm with Bracket

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-6320

Description

Candle arm "branch" shaped with oak and acorn cast pattern; foliage socket with scalloped bobeche; rectangular foliage bracket; painted black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candle brackets
brass (alloy)
casting (process)
acorn
oak (wood)
Brass
Oak Branch
Acorn
Slip Cast
SCONCE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6.25 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1225AB

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