Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candle stick and drip guard
Object Number:
1896.46ab
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall (a, candlestick): 9 × 5 × 5 in. (22.9 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Overall (b, saucer base): 1 1/8 in. × 2 1/2 in. (2
Marks:
engraved: on base: "SCH"
Description:
Candlestick with square saucer base with vertical fluting, columnar shaft with reeding near base tapering to a quasi-ionic capital with removable round bobeche with vertically reeded edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Caroline Phelps Stokes
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
