Object details
Accession number
M19e23.1-2
Creators
Full title
Pair of Candlesticks
Creation Date
1914
Provenance
Gift from the artist Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (1855-1932) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 15 May 1914.
Marks
Inscribed (rim): W.I. Cowlishaw Boston [manufacturer's mark, Walter I. Cowlishaw, Cambridge, MA]
Inscribed (base): W I C in three leaf clover [manufacturer's mark, Walter I. Cowlishaw, Cambridge, MA]
Dimensions
10 x 30.5 cm (3 15/16 x 12 in.)
Display Media
Pewter
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Tapestry Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 154. (as copied from a pair of candlesticks designed by Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl for the Tavern Club of Boston, 1909)
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