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Candlestick
Cornelius & Baker
1851-1870
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Cornelius & Baker (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Brass
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1961.0115 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1961.0115 A, B
Object Name
Candlestick
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Cornelius & Baker (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
"Cornelius and Co. Lamps" and "Isaac F. Baker, lamp mfg." are both listed at 176 Chestnut Street. As early as 1810, a Christian Cornelius had been listed as a silverplate worker and later appeared as a patent lamp manufacturer (per previous cataloguer).
Date
1851-1870
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Center of shaft
Inscription: "CORNELIUS & BAKER / PHILADELPHIA" stamped in low relief within a relief rectangle
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Brass
- Iron
Techniques
- Cast
Dimensions (inches)
9.449 (H) x 5.118 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
24 (H) x 13 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.130, p.218Book: Kauffman, Henry J. 1968 American Copper and Brass.
• Published: p. 240.Book: Bacot, H. Parrott. 1987 Nineteenth Century Lighting, Candle-powered Devices:1783-1883.
• Related to fig. 91, p. 77.