Socket Candlestick in the Form of a Herm
Artist
Unknown
(Flemish)
DateMid-seventeenth century, the base probably nineteenth century
CultureNetherlandish
MediumBrass
ClassificationMetalwork
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #285, ill.), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN7152
On View
Not on viewCollections
Early 15th century
