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Candelabra
Marked by: James Shruder (active 1737–1763)
English (London)
1742–43
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 38.8 x 40.6 x 14.5 cm (15 1/4 x 16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Weight: 165 oz 14 dwt (5153g)
Weight: 165 oz 14 dwt (5153g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.124.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Description
Marks
Struck under bases with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1742-3), and with maker's mark of James Shruder.
ProvenanceLeopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden (b. 1829 - d. 1899), London; May 4, 1893, Viscount Clifden sale, Christie's, London, lot 124. Henry Walters (b. 1848 - d. 1931), New York and Baltimore; to his widow, Sarah Green Walters (b. 1848 - d. 1943), Baltimore; December 3, 1943, Mrs. Henry Walters sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 894. March 15, 1962, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 148. October 24, 1989, anonymous (property of a "gentleman"), Sotheby's, London, lot 491, probably to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2001)