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Candelabrum

about 1780
Object Place: Europe, England or Ireland

Medium/Technique Glass
Dimensions 63.5 cm (25 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Charles Cobb Walker
Accession Number52.990
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture

DescriptionVase-shaped stem on circular foot and square plinth has metal-lined cup holding five arms, two for sockets (modern metal liners) with bobeches, three upright for drops. Triangular shaft to spirally cut urn finial with pendent-hung dome below. Faceted drops, circular and long, rayed elliptical ones at front, all joined by chains of drops.
ProvenanceBy 1950, Charles Cobb Walker; 1952, bequest of Charles Cobb Walker to the MFA.