Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Wood, steel, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 11 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 27.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Steel shaft with pointed end and turned wooden handle, with attached copper saucer and V-shaped socket.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1933.82
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
12665
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle snuffer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 x 3/4 in. ( 15.9 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Metal snuffer with curved broad blade and lip with raised finger holders.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1925.122
Marks:
stamped: near rivet: "BEND[illeg.]INE/& Co/Cheapside"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, the mark can be identified as "BENCTRINK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12656
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candelabra
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 15 x 12 in. ( 48.3 x 38.1 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Three armed brass candelabra with circular boxlike base; cylindrical shaft where three graceful carved arms extend out and hold a socket and bobeche; arms detach.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1967.59
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
12659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Extinguisher
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 7/8 x 3/4 x 1 in. ( 1.3 x 2.2 x 1.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Conical extinguisher with cast panels of floral decoration with spur near base and chain attached to tip with a round ring.
Object Number:
INV.6557
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle mold
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1780-1830
Medium:
Iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 22.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet iron candle mold with twelve slots (arranged in 2 X 6 pattern), and handle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1563
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
12650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle holder with hood and handle
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 38.7 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Tin candlestick with a circular molded base; cylindrical shape with compressed bull with rib and socket with bobeche; attached is a tin cover/ reflector with chimney; socket is spring loaded.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. B. Child
Object Number:
1933.86ab
Marks:
marked: under base: star within a circle and an anchor in a circle
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chamber candlestick with holder and snuffer
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1825-1870
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 1/4 x 2 in. ( 10.2 x 3.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Brass chamberstick with saucer base; baluster shaped shaft with slide and socket with bobeche; loop handle has thumbrest and a square hole to receive a cone shaped snuffer
Credit Line:
Gift of Caroline Phelps Stokes
Object Number:
1896.12ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12587
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candelabra
Classification:
Date:
1870-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 16 x 4 1/2 in. ( 38.1 x 40.6 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Tree arm candelabra with square pedestal base with applied gold leaf decoration and three cast iron arms that are decorated with leaves and tendrils ending with flower petal bobeche and a flower petal socket.
Object Number:
INV.666
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
12586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle snuffer
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1720-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 14.6 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Scissor-like snuffer with half round wick-ends box.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1529
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
12583
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle snuffer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 17.5 x 6 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Iron snuffer with curved rectangle shaped wick-end box, spring rivet, simple scroll decoration on handles, and set on three padded feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.79
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
12582
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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