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Collections: Decorative Arts: Candelabra, One of Pair

Candelabra, One of Pair

Maker: Reed & Barton, American, 1840-present
Medium: Pewter
Place Made: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: ca. 1928
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 x 4 3/8 in. (14.6 x 17.8 x 11.1 cm)
Markings: Impressed on bottom: "PEWTER / REED & BARTON / 106 / torch [date letter for 1929]"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1993.152.1
Credit Line: Gift of Jewel Stern
Image: Group, 1993.152.1_1993.152.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Candlestick, pewter. Circular, sloping foot rises to central shaft circled by alternating concave and convex rings, and with a conical terminal topped by pineapple finial. Conical terminal is intersected by U-shaped branch with scalloped ridge on underside. Each terminal of branch supports a cylindrical socket above a sloping drip pan; drip pans have scalloped rim. CONDITION: Corrosion to surface and normal wear, especially to drip pans.

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