Pricket Candlestick
- Culture
- French
- Date
- mid-15th century
- Material
- Brass
- Classification
- Lighting, metalwork
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- base to pricket: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 79:1949
NOTES
This beautifully cast, hollow candlestick elegantly tapers toward the notched or crenellated drip tray. In the center of the tray, a candle made of wax or tallow (animal fat) would be set down on the pointed brass tip, called a pricket. Decorative touches, such as the alternating holes around the drip tray and the rings of varying sizes along the shaft, enhance the graceful lines.
Provenance
- 1928
Hein Antiquités (Bela Hein), Paris, France
1928 - 1949
Brummer Gallery, Inc. (Joseph Brummer, d.1947), New York, NY, purchased from Hein Antiquités [1]
1949 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased through R. Stora & Company, at the sale of the Joseph Brummer Collection, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, June 8-9, 1949, lot no. 103 [2]
Notes:
[1] Brummer Gallery stock card, no. N5145.
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 6, 1949. Invoice from Parke-Bernet Galleries, June 8-9 1949 (SLAM document files).
Hein Antiquités (Bela Hein), Paris, France
1928 - 1949
Brummer Gallery, Inc. (Joseph Brummer, d.1947), New York, NY, purchased from Hein Antiquités [1]
1949 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased through R. Stora & Company, at the sale of the Joseph Brummer Collection, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, June 8-9, 1949, lot no. 103 [2]
Notes:
[1] Brummer Gallery stock card, no. N5145.
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 6, 1949. Invoice from Parke-Bernet Galleries, June 8-9 1949 (SLAM document files).
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