Maker
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Candlestick
Datemid-19th century
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (Rockingham ware)
Dimensions8 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. (21 × 10.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.37.1
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Maple Bedroom
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Related examples: Barret 1958, p. 134, pl. 196, figs. a, b.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[George S. McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York]; [George Abraham and Gilbert May Antiques, West Granville, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown American
c. 1840–1850
Lead-glazed earthenware (Rockingham ware)
B.57.30
