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Candlestick

about 1685-1710
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsOverall: 17.8 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm (7 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Anne H. and Frederick Vogel III in honor of Gerald W. R. Ward
Accession number2012.931.1
On View
On view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
InscriptionsA gummed label on the underside of one stick (.2) is inscribed “35 / 582” in ink.
ProvenanceBefore 1972, personal collection of Benjamin Ginsburg (dealer; b. 1904 – d. 1994), New York; February 25, 1977, sold by Ginsburg through Ginsburg and Levy, New York, to Frederick and Anne Vogel, Milwaukee, WI; 2012, gift of Frederick and Anne Vogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)
Group shot: 2012.931.1-2
Unknown maker
about 1700-1710
Pair of earrings
Unknown (Maker)
mid 20th century
Basin
Unidentified Maker
1599–1600
Caster
Unidentified artist
Castor
Unidentified artist
early 18th century
Teapot
about 1730
17th century (?)
17th century (?)
17th century (?)
style of 14th–15th century