Red with square base and round stem swelling to vasiform body. Stepped neck. Flaring, dished circular bobeche. Gilded leaf motif at base and upper body. Underside painted black.
candlesticks
gilding
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Empire (style)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Tin
Painted
Empire
Leaf
Gilded
CANDLESTICK
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
8.875 x 3.25 x 3.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.722.3
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