221.1940.1-2: Pair of Candlesticks
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 221.1940.1-2
- People
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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
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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.
Verification Level
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