a) candlestick; sterling; chamberstick type; shallow bowl base with stick holder in middle; loop type handle attached to side of base; b) candle snuffer; conical; fitted into handle; c) candle stick cutter; scissor type; fits into stick holder; engraved monogram on handle "EKP"; base touch mark J & I Cox and W.F..; diameter: 16.5 cm. Ca. 1830-1844.
Donor:
Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Collection place:
New York City, New York County, New York
Verbatim coll. place:
New York; New York; U.S. Historical
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
January 1951
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Placeholder record (no associated object)
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)