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Candlestick
Probably French
about 1660-1690
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Height x width: 16.5 × 11.1 × 11.1 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne H. and Frederick Vogel III
Accession Number2019.500.2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork
Tools and equipment – Lighting devices
Tools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionOne of a pair (with 2019.500.1). Assembled from three components, the candlesticks are made of both sheet and cast metal. The square bases are a single piece to which cast borders have been soldered. A threaded post extends from the raised center of the base through the drip pan, which also has a cast border, and into the base of the shaft. The columnar shafts are hollow, formed from rolled sheets of brass that were folded and joined with solder at the corner. The molded collars at the base, midpoint, and top of the shaft are soldered in place. The lip of the candle socket, also cast, fits over the columnar shaft and is fastened with minuscule pins.
InscriptionsInscribed on the underside in ink: “anciens / 1201 [?]”
ProvenanceJanuary 29, 1928, sold by Lambert to Brummer Galleries, New York (stock no. P4595a-b); about 1949, passed to Ernest Brummer (b. 1891 - d. 1964) and Ella Baché Brummer (b. 1900 - d. 1999), New York [see note 1]; 1966, sold by Ella Baché Brummer to the Duke University Museum of Art (later the Nasher Museum of Art), Durham, NC; 2003, deaccessioned by the Nasher Museum of Art and sold through Hesse Galleries, Otego, NY. October 9, 2007, sold by Grace and Elliot Snyder Antiques, South Egremont, MA, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Vogel III, Milwaukee, WI; 2019, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Vogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
NOTES:
[1] After the death of dealer Joseph Brummer, the stock of Brummer Galleries was dispersed at auction, and his brother Ernest received much of what did not sell. In 1966, this collection was sold to Duke University. See Caroline Bruzelius, "Introduction," The Brummer Collection of Medieval Art: The Duke University Museum of Art (Durham and London, 1991), pp. 1-11.
NOTES:
[1] After the death of dealer Joseph Brummer, the stock of Brummer Galleries was dispersed at auction, and his brother Ernest received much of what did not sell. In 1966, this collection was sold to Duke University. See Caroline Bruzelius, "Introduction," The Brummer Collection of Medieval Art: The Duke University Museum of Art (Durham and London, 1991), pp. 1-11.