Candlestick (one of a pair)
John Noyes
(American, 1674–1749)
1695–1700
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 23.5 x 16.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Clara Bowdoin Winthrop
Accession number54.594
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
InscriptionsBowdoin crest with buckled motto circle on one corner.Provenance1695/1700, Pierre Baudouin, later Peter Bowdoin (b. 1640 - d. 1706), Boston; to his son, James Bowdoin (b. 1676 - d. 1747); to his son, Gov. James Bowdoin (b. 1725 - d. 1790); to his daughter, Elizabeth M. Bowdoin (b. 1750 - d. 1809) and her husband, John Temple (b. 1732 - d. 1798); to their daughter, Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (b. 1769 - d. 1825) and her husband, Thomas Lindall Winthrop (b. 1760 - d. 1841); to their son, Robert Charles Winthrop (b. 1809 - d. 1894); to his son, Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr. (b. 1834 - d. 1905); to his daughter, Clara Bowdoin Winthrop (b. 1876 - d. 1969), Boston; 1954, gift of Clara Bowdoin Winthrop to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 1954)
