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Foot of Candlestick
Foot of Candlestick

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 view
ClassificationsMetalwork
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.



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