Candelabra
James Shruder
(active 1737–1763)
1742–43
Medium/TechniqueSilver (sterling standard)
DimensionsOverall: 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 LineGift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession number2001.124.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
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)
