Candelabra (one of a pair)

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Candelabra (one of a pair)
Datec. 1790–1810
Made inEngland
MediumStoneware (jasperware), lead glass, and mercury gilt bronze
Dimensions23 × 4 1/2 × 14 in. (58.4 × 11.4 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.61.84.1
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Federal Parlor
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe drum of the candelabra is made of jasperware, a fine kind of porcelain first developed by Josiah Wedgwood. White in its natural state, the porcelain was stained with a metallic oxide-coloring agent to achieve shades of pale blue.
Provenance[J. A. Lloyd Hyde, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, December 5, 1961; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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