Pair of Brass candlesticks; Octagonal base, cusped corners; one step to baluster stem; cylindrical cup bean out to form lip.
Orgin: England
Early 18th C.
Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
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Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.This photograph not be be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. No reproduction of this photograph is permitted without written persmission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Application form furnished on request.
Pair of Brass Candlesticks, square base, 6 9/16", 1800-1806, English
Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
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Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.This photograph not be be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
Pair of English candlesticks made of brass in the second quarer of the eighteenth century, of the "George I' type; engraved at one side on upper surface of base near center with the initials "A.C." These have been electrified. courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterhur Museum
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Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. This photograph not be be reproducted in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
A mid-nineteenth-century brass candlestick; circular base with molding on edge; deep, concave pan; cylindrical shaft, removable cap; spring platform for candle; shaft stamped in front "Cornelius & Baker/Philadelphia" inside a rectangular metal frame; height 9 1/8" in. "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 silverplate worker and later appeared as a patent lamp manufacturer. Courtesy: Henry Francis du Pont Winterhur Museum
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Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. This photograph not be be reproducted in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
Pair of brass candlesticks in the "Classical" style; probably English; made in the last quarter of the eighteenth century; round base; simple shaft flaring upward; urn -shaped candle cup with wide rim; height 9 in". Courtesy: Henry Francis du Pont Winterhur Museum
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. This photograph not be be reproducted in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"