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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.61.1-2
People
John Winter and Co., British
Title
Pair of Candlesticks
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
1781
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Sheffield
Period
George III (1760-1820)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230566

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
31.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm (12 1/2 x 5 x 5 in.)
1817 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: bases, struck: lion passant, crown, date letter
  • hallmark: nozzle fanges, struck: lion passant
  • maker's mark: on bases, struck: IW & Co. [John Winter & Company; Jackson, p. 441]
  • maker's mark: nozzle flanges, struck: IW & Co. [John Winter & Company; Jackson, p. 441]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Anonymous gift, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.61.1-2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On square pedestal bases, wtih wooden insets, rising to tapering columns and case-shaped sockets stamped with bands of stiff leaves and beading and with anthemion, bellflowers and trailing honeysuckle, with removable beaded nozzles.

Publication History

  • Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), p. 211, cat. no. 229, repr. p. 211, details repr. p. 211.

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