Candlestick
- Object Name:
- Candlestick
- Object ID:
- 1957.015.04
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Candleholder, iron wire, one piece. Wire coiled at one end. Shaft with flattened tip. Attached to paper tag that is inscribed in ink: "Used to hold candles in windows / in Haverhill Mass. at celebration of Declaration of Independence / Gift of / Edward Gage Brown". Pencil inscription on other side of tag: "6/27-57 / Mr. Brown gave me this. He / married Dorothy Brown / and they had an antique shop / in Boscawen."
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-0.6 W-0.8 L-2.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Given to Margaret Jewell by Edward Gage Brown of Boscawen, NH. Said to have been used to hold candles in windows in Haverhill, MA, "at celebration of Declaration of Independence."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Candles
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