CANDELABRA, ONE OF A PAIR
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The candelabra has a round base cut underneath with a sunburst. There is a baluster stem with horizontal ribbing and a cut diamond pattern supports two ormolu branches with acanthus leaves. Each branch supports an urn-shaped cut glass candle holder and a drip pan with a cut diamond pattern from which hang 12 prisms. The central finial is an acanthus leaf in cut glass in a circular tray from which hang three circles of bead drops on twelve prisms.
- Object name:
- CANDELABRA, ONE OF A PAIR
- Made from:
- Glass -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- ca. 1820
- Size:
- 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.220.1
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973