Pair of Candlesticks | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 221.1940.1-2
People: S. Roberts and Company, British, English
Title: Pair of Candlesticks
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 1783-1784
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Sheffield
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/232497

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver (sterling standard), wood

Dimensions

31.4 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm (12 3/8 x 5 x 5 in.)
(weight: .1 and .2 together) 1616 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: Struck on bases: lion passant, crown, date letter, and maker's mark; the nozzle flanges with lion passant and maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Loan from Harvard University, 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University
Object Number: 221.1940.1-2
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 167, cat. no. 155, repr. p. 167, details repr. p. 167.

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