Harvard Art Museums > 872.1927: Candlestick (one of a pair) Lighting Devices Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Candlestick (one of a pair) (John Burt) , 872.1927,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232226. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 872.1927 People John Burt, American (Boston, MA 1692/3 - 1745/6 Boston, MA) Title Candlestick (one of a pair) Classification Lighting Devices Work Type lighting device Date 18th century Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232226 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 17.8 cm (7 in.) 2523.06 g Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Mark: IB Engraved, base of each: Donum Pupillorum 1724 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Given to Tutor Nicholas Sever, Class of 1701, by his students in 1724. Descended to the Rev. Winslow Warren Sever who presented them to Harvard College. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Gift to Harvard College from the Reverend Winslow Warren Sever, Class of 1818 Object Number 872.1927 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, "The Burts, Boston Silversmiths", American Collector (August 1940), vol. IX no. 7, pp. 6-7, 14, pp. 6, 7, repr. Highlights from the Collections of the Fogg Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, exh. cat., City Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, 1964), cat. 1 Wendy Ann Cooper, In Praise of America: American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830/ Fifty Years of Discovery Since the 1929 Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1980), pp. 88-90, fig. 110 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
