Candle Lustre
CultureEnglish
Date18th century
MediumCrystal
DimensionsOverall: 25 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches (64.77 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-634/1
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DescriptionCenter spire sustaining canopy and urn finial. Three single candle sockets. Drop and pendants.ProvenanceAnnie C. Kane (1857-1926), New York, NY, by 1926 [1];
With French & Co., New York, by 1933;
Purchased from French & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] According to French & Co. documentation in the Nelson-Atkins Registration file, these lustres were, “formerly in the collection of the late Miss Kane of New York City, many of whose objects were bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Cooper Union Institute of New York.”
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