Pair of candlesticks
Robert Adam
(Scottish, 1728–1792)
Samuel Whitford II
(English, active 1800–around 1820, died before 1856)
1769–70
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
Dimensions35 x 16 x 15 cm (13 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Weight: 1,374.9 gm (44 oz 4 dwt)
Weight: 1,374.9 gm (44 oz 4 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Gift of Mrs. Irving K. Hall, Bequest of George Nixon Black, Estate of Mrs William Dorr Boardman, Gift of Mary W. Bartol, John W. Bartol, and Abigail W. Clark, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, Anonymous Gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Miss Grace W. Treadwell, Gift of Miss M. H. Jewell, Gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Gift of Hollis French, Gift of Mrs. D. Wilmarth Cressey, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Greene, Bequest of Amelia Peabody, by exchange, and Gift of Mrs. Stuart C. Welch
Accession number1993.943.1-2
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy descent to Sir John Phillips, purchased by Thomas Lumley, Ltd., London, 1945; with Thomas Lumley, Ltd., London, 1982; sold Christie's, London, May 13, 1992, lot 152, purchased by Firestone & Parson, Boston, purchased January 26, 1994, Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Gift of Mrs. Irving K. Hall, Bequest of George Nixon Black, Estate of Mrs. William Dorr Boardman through Gift of Mrs. Bernard C. Weld, Gift of Mary W. Bartol, John W. Bartol, and Abigail W. Clark, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914).
