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Tapering columnar stem with bulbous finial. Urn-shaped candle sockets with large shallow circular bobeche supported on "eyeglass"-shaped wire arms with animal head motif. Stepped base.
candelabras (candleholders)
brass (alloy)
molding (forming)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
heads (representations)
animal or human components
Brass
Molded
Animal Head
CANDELABRUM
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
16.5 x 14.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.386
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