Objekt 2
A pair of two-arm candlesticks
Description
The candlesticks come from Basel property and were made around 1820. A fluted and fluted bronze shaft base and a sinuous glass shaft stand on a circular, flat base with ornamental cut. Above it rises a bronze bust of a woman, from whose head two candelabra arms with vegetal and geometric ornaments rise. At the end of each arm are a drip plate and a vase-shaped candle spout with drip rim.
Object description
around 1820
Bronze, gilded; crystal glass, cut
Bequest Martha Fininger-Merian, Basel
Inv. 1959.85.1.-2.