Pair of Late 19th Century Bohemian Candlestick

Object Name: 
Pair of Late 19th Century Bohemian Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Pair of Late 19th Century Bohemian Candlestick
Place Made: 
Bohemia
Accession Number: 
2008.3.159
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1875-1899
Primary Description: 
Pair of Late 19th Century Bohemian Candlesticks. Colorless, red and green glass; blown, pressed, cut, applied beads, enamel, and gilding; assembled. Very large candlestick with tall colorless hurricane decorated with a gilded and enameled scene of a lion holding a sword and the sun rising over it's back (the emblem of Iran). The candlestick itself consists of a metal cup, a gilded and decorated glass cup atop a large bobesch also gilded and decorated with 12 large hanging prisms around the edge atop the main stem of the candlestick which is also cut, gilded, and decorated with applied green and red beads resembling precious stones. The top of the foot is decorated with 6 large red glass "stones" cut to resemble large rubies.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Christie's, Paris, Source
2008-12-31

Objects in Set (2)

Late 19th Century Bohemian Candlestick
Date:1875-1899
Accession Number:2008.3.159 A
Late 19th Century Bohemian Candlestick
Date:1875-1899
Accession Number:2008.3.159 B