Candlestick, 1789

  • Henri Auguste, French, 1759-1816

Silver

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

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

57.66.1

On View

  • Era of Revolution, Level 3, South

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

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)

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).

Henri Auguste, Candlestick, 1789, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, 57.66.1.