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Candlestick

(German (active in London), 1634–1681)
1676–77
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsH. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); W. 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Weight 433.8 gm (13 oz 9 dwt)
Credit LineBequest of Frank Brewer Bemis
Accession number35.1568
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceAccording to tradition, descended from Peter Gunning, Bishop of Ely (1614–84), July 27, 1922, sale, Sotheby & Co., London, lot 65; Walter H. WIllson, Ltd., London; 1924, sold by Walter H. Willson, Ltd. to Frank Brewer Bemis; 1935, bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1935)
late 18th century
early 18th century
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century