Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick (electrically rigged with wire and bulb)
Object Number:
1965.39
Date:
ca. 1661
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. ( 44.4 x 18.7 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on bobeche: "IVRGEN ROHR ILSABE ROHREN ANNO 1661"
marked: on base: three touch marks, unknown maker
Description:
Early Dutch pricket candlestick with a large domed base with baluster shape shaft topped by large bobeche with a four sided pricket in the center to receive the candle.
Gallery Label:
This pricket candleholder was purchased at Curtis Tavern, Granville, Massachusetts for 500 dollars.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
