Candelabra with Two Arms, Candle Snuffer, and Candle Extinguisher
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Chamber candlestick with stepped base, scalloped at bottom. Two s-curve branches support ringed sockets. Finial at center. Ring handle with thumb rest. Candle snuffer is a small hollow cone with ball finial. Undecorated snuffer used to extinguish the flame and trim the wick of a candle.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1908-26-86-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: candelabra, candle snuffer, extinguisher
label: Type
content: candelabra, candle snuffer, extinguisher
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (candalabra (a)): 21.2 × 14.3 × 16.5 cm (8 3/8 × 5 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (snuffer (b)): 18.2 × 6.8 × 2.3 cm (7 3/16 × 2 11/16 × 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (extinguisher (c)): 6.9 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm (2 11/16 × 2 1/4 × 1 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (detached arm (d)): 8.5 × 7 × 6.5 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 9/16 in.)