Harvard Art Museums > 1949.114.7.1-2: Pair of Candlesticks 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"Pair of Candlesticks (? Edward Vincent) , 1949.114.7.1-2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/54033. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.114.7.1-2 People ? Edward Vincent, British, English Title Pair of Candlesticks Classification Lighting Devices Work Type lighting device Date 1705-1706 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Period Queen Anne (1702-1714) Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/54033 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 1949.114.7.1: 18 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.) 1949.114.7.2: 18.1 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm (7 1/8 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.) 1020 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: on bases, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter hallmark: sockets, struck: lion's head erased maker's mark: bases, struck: VI [fleur-de-lys below and mullet and crown above] [probably for Edward Vincent; Grimwade, no. 3852] inscription: bases, engraved: E / I I coat of arms: wells, engraved: crest of a lion's head [probably 19th century] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Eben F. Comyns, London?. Dr. and Mrs. Trechman, London, sold [Trechman sale, Christie's, 1933, lot no. 68]; to Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq. Accession Year 1949 Object Number 1949.114.7.1-2 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. Descriptions Description Cast, on stepped square bases with canted corners and central circular well, rising to knopped baluster octagonal stems and waisted sockets, the wells engraved, probably in the nineteenth century, with a crest of a lion’s head. 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. 94, cat. no. 58, repr. p. 94, details repr. p. 94. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
