Candlestick
maker
Unknown
Date1648-1649
Place MadeGenoa, Liguria, Italy, Europe
MediumSilver
Dimensions21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM21w11
eMuseum ID730986
Previous Number609
EmbARK ObjectID14433
TMS Source ID3224
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 182.
Kaeley Ferguson, "Not Your Grandmother's Silver Cabinet," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 12 January 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/not-your-grandmothers-silver-cabinet
Kaeley Ferguson, "Not Your Grandmother's Silver Cabinet," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 12 January 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/not-your-grandmothers-silver-cabinet
MarksNotesStamped (on bottom rim): 7 1 followed by fragment of indistinct mark, in a horizontal rectangle
Stamped (on bottom rim): H with an arrow through the cross bar in shaped rectangle
Stamped (on bottom rim): H with an arrow through the cross bar in shaped rectangle
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
