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Culture:English or American
Title:candlestick
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:base metal: fused plate (silver, copper)
Place Made:United Kingdom; England or United States
Measurements:overall: 5 in x 4 in x 3 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.9375 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0332
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Silver-plated candlestick that may have belonged to Lucy Frary Stebbins (1754-1831) of Deerfield who married Joseph Stebbins (1749-1816) of Deerfield in 1774. The candlestick has a simple, stepped banded top, columnar stem, and banded foot; over a raised, stepped rectangular base with a gadrooned band around the top. The base, which has been weighted with a chalky substance, was lined with green felt, which has been removed.

Subjects:
Copper

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