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Museum purchase: Piper Collection.
Candelabra
Museum purchase: Piper Collection.
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Candelabra

Manufacturer Gorham (founded 1831)
DepartmentAmerican Art
MediumSterling silver
Dimensionsheight, each: 16 9/16 in. (42 cm)
width, each: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase: Piper Collection
Object number61.2.65
Geography
Place madeUnited States, North and Central America
DescriptionPair of three-branch, sterling silver candelabras. Candleholders are in the form of Corinthian capitals and supporting shaft is in the shape of a fluted Corinthian column.
Not on view
Collections
Gift of Helen Hogan Perkins and Henry Perkins in memory of Gretchen and Preston Northrup.
Pair of Candelabra
Tiffany and Company
ca. 1902
Pair of Candleholders
Pair of Candleholders
Wedgwood
Culture: English
Designed ca. 1800; this example, 1876
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Pair of Wine Coolers
Joseph Jackson
Culture: Irish
1791-1792
Gift of Glen C. Skaggs.
Teaspoon
Wood & Hughes
1870
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Wine Label: Claret
William Law
Culture: Irish
ca. 1795
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Wine Label: Sherry
George Nangle
Culture: Irish
ca. 1790
Gift of Glen and Rosemary Skaggs.
Slotted Spoon
John Power
Culture: Irish
ca. 1802
Gift of Glen and Rosemary Skaggs.
Berry Spoon
William Ward
Culture: Irish
1800
Gift of Glen and Rosemary Skaggs.
Serving Spoon
Peter Lambert
Culture: Scottish
early- 19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection.
Candelabra in the form of a woman holding a lamb
Herón Martínez Mendoza
ca. 1960
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter.
Aryballos (oil flask)
Culture: Etruscan
7th century B.C.
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Toasting Fork with Mahogany Handle
Culture: Irish
ca. 1792-1793

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