Object details
Object number
M21c2.1-2
Creator(s)
Title
Pair of Candelabra
Date
1806
Medium
Silver and glass
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Marks (on base): HS: [maker's mark for Hendrik Smits], crowned left-facing lion rampant [Dutch silver standard symbol], XXX crowned [Mark of Amsterdam Assay office prior to 1807], X [1806 date mark], DIEMONT [seller's mark for Willem Diemont]
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 190-91. (as Willem Diemont van Aalten, dated 1790-1810)
Gallery
Dutch Room
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