Traveling candlestick
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Made in Paris in 1788–89 Jean-Pierre Charpenat, this practical but elegant candlestick was intended for use while traveling. The cylindrical molded socket screws into the raised center of the saucer-shaped tray which is dished to collect the melting wax.
Daughter of one of the founders of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Catherine D. Wentworth (1865–1948) was an art student and painter who lived in France for thirty years. She became one of the most important American collectors of eighteenth-century French silver and on her death in 1948 bequeathed part of her significant collection of silver, gold boxes, French furniture, and textiles to the Metropolitan Museum. The collection is particularly strong in domestic silver, as illustrated by this pair of candlesticks.
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