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Candle socket

17th century (?)
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; brass
Dimensions20.4 x 22.2 cm (8 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of A. Greenough
Accession number85.221
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceUntil 1884, Alfred Greenough (b. 1843/44 - d. 1884), Milton, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker (b. 1817/18 - d. 1908); 1885, gift of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1885)
Castor
Unidentified artist
early 18th century
Teapot
about 1730
17th century (?)
17th century (?)
style of 14th–15th century
About 1725–30
Candlestick
17th century
Censer
pre–1917
Censer
pre–1917
Candlestick
15th century