Object Number 1959.1598 A, B

Object Name

Candlestick

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

The creation place was identified as probably Sheffield by Donald Fennimore. See: Sheffield plate trade catalogue cited in Metalwork in Early America, p. 206.

Date

1780-1800

Materials

Silverplate on copper (fused plate); Pitch

Dimensions (inches)

13.252 (H) , 6 (W) , 4.331 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.66 (H) , 15.24 (W) , 11 (D)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 118, p. 206.