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On Display: House - Federal Parlor
Candlestick
1780-1800
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Sheffield; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Silverplate on copper (fused plate)
- Pitch
Museum Object Number
1959.1598 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1598 A, B
Object Name
Candlestick
Category
Metals
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) x 6 (W) x 4.331 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
33.66 (H) x 15.24 (W) x 11 (D)
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.