Unknown American
Pair of Candlesticks

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Maker Unknown American

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pair of Candlesticks

Datec. 1730–1770

Probable placeNew York, United States

MediumSilver

DimensionsEach: 6 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 3 13/16 in. (17.1 × 9.5 × 9.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by family and friends in memory of Shirley Briscoe

Object numberB.83.2.1,.2

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Newport Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceJohanna Staats (Mrs. Anthony White, b.c. 1694, m. 1716); inherited by her son Anthony White (1717–1787); inherited by his son Brigadier General Anthony Walton White (1750–1803); inherited by his daughter Elizabeth Mary (Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, 1792–1861); inherited by her daughter Elizabeth Margaret Evans (1813–1898) or her son Thomas Sunderland Evans (1819–1868); inherited by Thomas Evans’s daughter Transita Isabella (Bellita) Evans (Mrs. Stephen Watts Kearny, before 1868–1950); inherited by Dr. and Mrs. Royall M. Calder, San Antonio; Estate of Laurie B. Calder, San Antonio; purchased by MFAH, 1983.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Engraved on bottom: I[with hyphen through middle]S [Johanna Staats]

[no marks]

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