Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Candlestick
Object Number:
1922.117
Date:
1785-1800
Medium:
Pewter, copper, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 4 in. ( 14.3 x 10.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Copper and silver plated wax jack (or taper stand) with oval base, lyre-shaped body and reeded socket; wax taper would have wound around pin which goes through upper section of body.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this was used in a New York law office.
Credit Line:
Gift of Antoinette Bobert
Provenance:
Formerly of the George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
