Title: Pair of candlesticks
Object type: Candlesticks
Date: 1729–30
Artist:  Jacques Besnier 
Artist bio: 1688–1761, apprentice 1701, master 1720, recorded 1756
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (each): 9 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (23.5 × 13 × 13 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY