Candlestick

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1670–1700 · Brass · The American Wing

A typical household in seventeenth-century New England owned several metal or ceramic candlesticks. Wax candles were an expensive rarity—most colonists made their own candles from tallow (animal fat).

Artist

Unknown

Date

1670–1700

Medium

Brass

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Flora E. Whiting, 1971