Pair of candlesticks
Elsa Tennhardt
(American, born in Germany, 1889–1980)
E. & J. Bass
(active 1890–about 1930)
designed 1928
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniquePolished and silverplated brass
DimensionsOverall (each): 18.4 x 12.7 x 10.8 cm (7 1/4 x 5 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1444.1-2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2003, owned by Greg Nanamura (dealer), New York, New York; February 28, 2003, sold by Nanamura to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
International Silver Company
designed about 1927; made about 1927–29
