Candlestick
Date1830-1845
Artist/Maker
James Weekes
MediumPewter
DimensionsOH: 7 3/4"; DIAM(BASE): 4 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1930-582,2
DescriptionOne of a pair of candlesticks; circular in plan; flaring drip pan on straight-sided socket with molding at socket base; small molded knop over inverted-baluster stem with large molded knop over smaller, flattened knop; domed base falls from shoulder in concave curve to flat plane and then in a series of convex and concave moldings to edge.Inscription(s)NoMark(s)Maker's touch "J.WEEKES" in incuse letters on underside of one base (Laughlin, II, p. 115).ProvenanceNot known. Possibly Poughkeepsie, New York.Vendor: Louis G. Myers, New York
1710-1730
ca.1720-1740