Edward Wakelin
Candlestick

ArtistEnglish, active 1730–1766
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Candlestick
  • one of a pair
Date1755–1756
PlaceLondon, England
MediumSterling silver
Dimensions11 1/8 × 7 1/4 in. (28.3 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of George S. Heyer, Jr. in honor of Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Object number91.1427.A,.B
Current Location
Rienzi
Ballroom
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ProvenanceGeorge S. Heyer, Jr., Austin; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Fit for a King: English Silver from the Collection of George S. Heyer, Jr.," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Alice Pratt Brown Gallery, January 20 - September 16, 2007.

“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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