Candlestick
- Object Name:
- Candlestick
- Object ID:
- 1975.510.01
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Candleholder. Redware, unglazed. Cylinder approximately 2" high mounted in center of shallow saucer. Loop handle on interior of saucer. Central cylinder has a broad lip. Bottom is flat, but has several score marks.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Redware - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 Dia-6.4 inches
- Provenance:
- One of four pieces of Millville Pottery redware, c.1870, that was in the donor's family in Concord, NH. They may have belonged to either of donor's set of grandparents, both of whom resided in Concord, NH: Georgiana Coombs (1832-1913) and Hiram Rolfe (1825-1901), and Sarah True Tilton (1844-1903) and Lyman Jackman (1837-1913). Hiram Rolfe worked for Abbot-Downing Co. for over 50 years; he was a carriage painter. Lyman Jackman was a life insurance agent.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Jackman Gesen
- People:
- Gesen, Margaret Jackman (1904-1993), Rolfe, Hiram (1825-1901), Rolfe, Georgianna C. (1832-1913), Jackman, Lyman (1837-1913)
- Subjects:
- Ceramics, Candlesticks
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