Foot of Candlestick
second quarter of 12th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueBronze (90.2% copper, 5.7% tin, 4.1% lead, trace of zinc)
Dimensions8.5 x 11.1 x 11.4 cm (3 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.524
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1933, Silberman Galleries, New York; May 8, 1933, sold by Silberman to Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N3115); June 8, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 49, to the MFA for $190 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 9, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] This was purchased together with MFA accession no. 49.525.
NOTES:
[1] This was purchased together with MFA accession no. 49.525.
late 13th–14th century
about 1400
14th century
last third of 12th–first third of 13th century
about 1220–30
6th–8th century
second half of 13th century
third quarter of 12th century
late 15th century (?)
1400–1500
about 1500 or 17th century
second half of 15th century (?)