1940.61.1-2: Pair of Candlesticks

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

Permissions

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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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