Candle Warmer
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Silex Company, 1919–1960
MEDIUM
Glass and chromed metal
DATES
Patented September 27, 1949
DIMENSIONS
3 5/8 x 6 in. (9.2 x 15.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on top around circular opening: "DES No. 155,354 [infinity symbol] "silex" [infinity symbol] CANDLE WARMER [infinity symbol]"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2010.75.1a-c
CREDIT LINE
Gift of David A. Hanks in honor of Jewel Stern
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Glass and chromed metal candle warmer, with three separate sections, a. pressed glass circular bowl with overall, raised,horizontal rippled, ridged pattern, on a smaller, raised, narrow vertical ridged pattern base with three, thin, protruding, rectangular 1.5 inch feet. Interior of bowl with central raised circle (for candle), surrounded by three, open small holes.
b: thin chrome metal lid with pressed and cut out pattern, central circular opening surrounded by nine regularly spaced, open circles with wavy thin, metal horizontal center and at outer edge with eighteen, regularly spaced, narrow, rectangular, open slots. c: small, white candle in glass container, of recent manufacture and evidence of use.
Condition: Good, candle wax on interior in small holes and smoke tarnish to underside of lid.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Peter Mueller-Munk (American, 1904–1967). Candle Warmer, Patented September 27, 1949. Glass and chromed metal, 3 5/8 x 6 in. (9.2 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of David A. Hanks in honor of Jewel Stern, 2010.75.1a-c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.75.1a-c.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2010.75.1a-c.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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