Candlestick
Adrian Bancker
1735–50 · Silver · The American Wing
Early American candlesticks are extraordinarily rare; typically candlesticks that graced colonial American homes were imported from England or the Continent. For these, Adrian Bancker, a New York silversmith of Dutch descent, chose a traditional English form, yet their construction and appearance are unmistakably colonial North American. Although Bancker’s known oeuvre is small, the Met owns a significant collection of his silver, including a tankard (24.109.4), beaker (33.120.104), porringer (33.120.326), cream pot (44.88), punch bowl (48.15) and set of casters (1972.233.1–.3).
- Artist
- Adrian Bancker
- Date
- 1735–50
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of The Estate of Esther and Samuel Schwartz, Paterson, N.J., 2015
