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Collection Candlestick

Candlestick

Henri Auguste French, 1759-1816
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About the Artwork

Candlestick

1789

Henri Auguste

1759-1816

French

Unknown

Silver

Overall: 12 × 5 3/4 inches, 32 ounces (30.5 × 14.6 cm, 0.9 kg)

Silver

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund

57.66.2

Public Domain

Markings

Warden's mark: [crowned P] for 1789/90 Mark: H.A. [mark of Henri Auguste: fleurs-d-lis crowned and two palm branches] Mark, engraved on underside of base: [coat of arms of the Duke of Cadaval]

Provenance

Dukes of Cadaval (Lisbon, Portugal);
Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva (Lisbon, Portugal);
Mme. Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva;
1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Grigault, Paul. "Late Eighteenth Century French Silver in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection." Bulletin of the DIA 36, nos. 3, 4 (1959-60): pp. 78-83.

Grigaut, Paul L. "Late Eighteenth Century Silver in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection." Antigues (1960): p. 164 (fig. 7).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Henri Auguste, Candlestick, 1789, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, 57.66.2.

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