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Candle Holder

Designer: Marion Anderson Noyes, American, 1907-2002
Medium: Silver, wood
Place Manufactured: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Dates: mid 20th century
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 9 3/8 x 4 in. (9.5 x 23.8 x 10.2 cm)
Markings: Etched in script on bottom: "designed / by Marion Noyes" and "Executed / by" Impressed on bottom: "ONC" and "STERLING"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1992.40.38
Credit Line: Gift of Marion Anderson Noyes
Image: Overall, 1992.40.38.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Candle holder; silver and wood. Curving, horizontal, boomerang-shaped, un-decorated body with three evenly spaced inverted conical forms as candleholder; one at each end and one at midpoint of "V." At top of each candleholder is narrow, flattened rim. Base of each candleholder terminates in dark wood peg.

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