New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Candelabra

Manufacturer Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1900

MediumBronze | Glass

DimensionsOverall: 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm)

InscribedOn metal plate on base: "Tiffany Studios/New York".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2699

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 3, Section 4 Sh5

DescriptionBronze two-light candelabra with a "tree-trunk" base. Screwed into the two top limbs are candleholders with diamond-shaped openings. Opaque jade-green glass was blown into the candleholders. Resting inside each holder is a metal cup. A short conical section of bronze is on top of the stem. A snuffer is attached to this section with a chain. Similar to piece in Koch, G-B-L, p. 106, Fig. 149 first on left.

Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. 1978, No. 204, Illus. p. 138.