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In December of 1952 antiques dealer Irving Lyon offered Henry Francis du Pont a pair of candelabrums “as fine as I have ever seen” which du Pont added to the Winterthur collection. This example clearly from the same shop is outstanding in its design and rarity. The base is filled with sand for weight/stability. Two straps facilitate the large reflector featuring 36 domed reflectors within the dished plate with crimped edges. The crossarm facilitating a pair of candle sockets within drip pans having crimped edges travels up-and-down on the standard and is held in position by inserting the last straight link of chain into one of ten piercings.
The pattern is related to and inspired by convex circular looking glasses dating to the early nineteenth century. The facets of these reflectors when new… in bright tinning, produced a dazzling display of light. The candelabrum within the Winterthur collection was originally owned by a Long Island family.
Item Date: Circa 1820
Measurement: Height: 20.75"; Width: 11.5"; Depth: 5"
Material: Tinned sheet iron, iron wire
Item Condition: Very good, conical finial fabricated of period sheet iron by Dave Claggett.
Reference: Iron at Winterthur by Donald Fennimore, number 138, pp. 284, 286, 287. An identical example is published within, A Guide to Collections – Shelburne Museum, page 108.
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SKU 745-469
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