Candlestick
- Object Name:
- Candlestick
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.04.054
- Date:
- 1700-1725
- Description:
- Candlestick, turned, medium-brown, fine-grained wood. Turned tulip-shaped candle cup with flared edge, two small turned grooves at base of cup. Short neck below cup with raised rib at center. Flat disc with convex bottom surface leading to upright oval stem with horizontal decorative rib at center and a couple small decorative grooves. Flat base with small shoulder with groove at edge. Two wider grooves turned into vertical side of base. Some turning tool marks on bottom surface which is slightly concave. Surface dirt on upward-facing surfaces. Hard residues in one area on top of base. Some wax residue inside candle cup.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-8.4 Dia-5.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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