Candlestick
Artist
Unknown
(French or German, 13th century)
Dateca. 1855
CultureGerman; Aachen
MediumGilded bronze, champlevé enamel, and iron
ClassificationMetalwork
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #608, 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 numberSN7073
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Second half of the thirteenth century
Second half of the 14th Century
Early 15th century