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Candlestick

Additional Title(s)
  • Wrought Iron and Wood Candlestick
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1740-1800
Mediumwrought iron, brass, paint and wood
Dimensions43 x 16 x 14 in. (109.2 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm.)
DescriptionAn adjustable and extending form with a wrought iron penny foot tripod base, a turned wood shaft in original red wash, with a wrought iron spring clamp to adjust the height of the wrought steel extension arm, which is fitted with a brass cup and drip pan.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On view
Object number2016.25.80
Hearth Fork
Unknown, American
late 18th - early 19th century
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Pierced Spatula
Unknown, American
n.d.
Object number: 2016.25.130
Pipe Tongs
Unknown, American
ca. 1750
Object number: 2016.25.131
Photography © 2015 Fredrik Nilsen
Guild of Handicraft
1904
Object number: 2007.4
Rush Holder
Unknown, American
18th century
Object number: 2016.25.85
Skimmer
Unknown, American
ca. 1770
Object number: 2016.25.126
Toaster
Unknown, American
18th - 19th century
Object number: 2016.25.128
Kettle Tilter
Unknown, American
ca. 1780
Object number: 2016.25.120
Oven Peel
Unknown, American
ca. 1790
Object number: 2016.25.135
Rotunda
Bruno Peotta
1903-1922
Object number: 11.5
Well Head
Unknown, German, 18th Century
18th Century
Object number: 22.7
Unknown, American, 19th Century
ca. 1810
Object number: 2022.25.5