Candlestick
date: label: date made
content: 1894 - 1935
notes: label: Description
content: Hexagonal or six panel-sided candlestick with fixed, open rolled-edge bobeche or drip pan, urn-shaped candle cup or socket, and elongated vase-shaped stem on conforming, trumpet-shaped base with stepped edge. Base underside is struck incuse at center with a concentric circular mark for "FORBES [SILVER] PLATE CO. U.S.A." around an eagle's head erased, facing right, above "QUADRUPLE PLATE" in sans serif letters and "92"; "PEN" is scratched at right with a circled "2" marked over it in red pencil or crayon, and the roman numeral "II" is at bottom left edge. One of two candlesticks, DL*306994.0050-.0051.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.306994.0051
label: catalog number
content: 306994.0051
label: accession number
content: 306994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: candlestick
label: Object Type
content: Candleholders
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 9.8425 cm x 11.1125 cm