Lighting DevicesBritish, Scottish18th century

Pair of Candlesticks

1702-1703

Artists

Patrick MurrayArtist

Description

Cast, on stepped square bases with canted corners, the central circular wells rising to octagonal knopped baluster stems and campana-shaped sockets.

Classification

Lighting Devices

Medium

Silver

Culture

British, Scottish

Period

Queen Anne (1702-1714)

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

1949.114.8.1: 18.7 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm (7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.) 1949.114.8.2: 18.7 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm (7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.) 1232 g

Provenance

Christie's (New York), London, Sold at auction, 1927;Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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