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Candlestick

Decorative Arts and Design

MAKER CDE
MEDIUM Brass
  • Place Made: Europe
  • DATES ca. 1910
    DIMENSIONS 3 3/4 x 10 x 2 7/8 in. (9.5 x 25.4 x 7.3 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS Impressed on center of base: "C", "D" and "E" around crossed swords in shield.
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2006.8
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mark McDonald in honor of Stuyvasent McReswick
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Dome-shaped flat-bottom copper counterweight candlestick with five incised lines around circumference at bottom. Triangular, tubular handle applied to counter weight with opposed four and one half inch horizontal tubular brass arm extending from base, curving upwards to flat circular drip pan with central candle bobeche. Condition: Good.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION CDE. Candlestick, ca. 1910. Brass, 3 3/4 x 10 x 2 7/8 in. (9.5 x 25.4 x 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mark McDonald in honor of Stuyvasent McReswick, 2006.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2006.8_PS2.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2006.8_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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    CDE. <em>Candlestick</em>, ca. 1910. Brass, 3 3/4 x 10 x 2 7/8 in. (9.5 x 25.4 x 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mark McDonald in honor of Stuyvasent McReswick, 2006.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2006.8_PS2.jpg)