CANDELABRUM VASE (ONE OF FOUR)
Creator(s): Aucoc (Firm) , André Aucoc (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Three candleholders in the form of sinuous leafy branches, support bobeches and twine around a glass vase, which is shaped like a gourd and has slanting ridges. The holders are connected to a metal collar, and the base of the vase and the whole cage can be removed by pulling out several pins and screws so the separate pieces can be cleaned.
- Object name:
- CANDELABRUM VASE (ONE OF FOUR)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- glass
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1889
- Size:
- 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.308.4
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARKS A. AUCOC for André Aucoc (1856-1911); Mercury's head [French export mark 1878-1973]; Austrian import mark, Vienna 1872-1901; Diana's Head on a five-lobed flower (Vienna 1886-1922), 1 to the right- indicating Austrian production of large works of highest silver content (.950) [Marks variously struck on base, neck and bobeches]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973