candelabrum
Object NamePair of Gilded Metal and Cut Glass Candelabra
Makerprobably
John Blades
(English, d. 1829)
Made FromGlass, Metal, Gilding
Date1822-1829
Place MadeEngland, London
TechniqueGilded, blown, cut, assembled
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number2016.2.20
Credit LineGift of Mark and Peni Weinstein
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPair of Gilded Metal and Cut Glass Candelabra. Colorless glass, gilded metal; blown, cut, assembled. Two candelabra consisting of a circular foot, faceted bulbous stem flanked on top and bottom by stacked faceted knops, and a double-armed gilded metal fixture with central post. Each arm of gilded metal fixture toped with a cut glass bobeche with saw-toothed rim and a cut glass candlecup with an gilded metal socket; fourteen prisms hang from each of these bobeches. Central post topped with a slightly smaller cut glass bobeche with saw-toothed rim and teardrop-shaped cut glass finial; twelve prisms hang from central bobeche. Prisms consist of two faceted square drops terminating with an elongate rectangular faceted drop with a rounded faceted bottom end.Provenance
Source
Adrienne Peni Weinstein
- 1996-01-2016-12-01
Ms. Adrienne Peni Weinstein purchased the candelabra in January 1996 at the Park Avenue Armory from the antique dealer Paul Vandekar of Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. They were displayed at New York Winter Antique Show held at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The Vandekar firm acquired them in London, England. The candelabra were in the United States at least the 1990s before acquisition by the Museum.
Ms. Adrienne Peni Weinstein purchased the candelabra in January 1996 at the Park Avenue Armory from the antique dealer Paul Vandekar of Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. They were displayed at New York Winter Antique Show held at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The Vandekar firm acquired them in London, England. The candelabra were in the United States at least the 1990s before acquisition by the Museum.
Former Collection
Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
- 1996-01
Ms. Adrienne Peni Weinstein purchased the candelabra in January 1996 at the Park Avenue Armory from the antique dealer Paul Vandekar of Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. They were displayed at New York Winter Antique Show held at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The Vandekar firm acquired them in London, England. The candelabra were in the United States at least the 1990s before acquisition by the Museum.
Ms. Adrienne Peni Weinstein purchased the candelabra in January 1996 at the Park Avenue Armory from the antique dealer Paul Vandekar of Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. They were displayed at New York Winter Antique Show held at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The Vandekar firm acquired them in London, England. The candelabra were in the United States at least the 1990s before acquisition by the Museum.
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