CANDLESTICK, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The bloodstone portion of the candlestick consists of a slender column with a projecting round section near the lower part, this whole resting on a steeped tripod bloodstone base with one edge with beading. The column is supported by three elaborate gilt bronze sections, the top with a cock's head, the base formed of a bird's claw foot and in between an out curving gilt bronze design with acanthus and laurel leaves. The capital is decorated with laurel leaves.
- Object name:
- CANDLESTICK, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Bloodstone -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- mid 19th-19th Century
- Size:
- 8 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 in. (20.6 × 8.3 × 7.6 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.175.2
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973