Candle Snuffer in the shape of a Bust

19th century (?)

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueLeaded latten

Dimensions5.5 x 3.9 x 5.1 cm (2 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 2 in.)

Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund

Accession number55.929

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsMetalwork

Collections

Provenance1955, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Blumka, New York; 1955, sold by the Blumkas to the MFA for $500. (Accession Date: November 10, 1955)

7th - 9th century

early 6th century (?)

second half of 15th century (?)

12th century

11th century

10th–11th century

early 14th century

mid 6th–7th century

late 6th–early 7th century

mid-15th century

1400–1500

12th century–early 13th century