Set of Six Mirrored Sconces | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1740

Medium: Mahogany (primary); red pine (secondary); gilding, brass, and silvered plate glass
Dimensions: 29 × 12 1/2 × 5 in. (73.66 × 31.75 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift in memory of Vincent D. Andrus and Dorelle M. Andrus
Accession Number: 2017.9.1.1a-b-.6a-b
Geography: Made in England, Owned in Talbot County, Maryland
Culture: British
Period: 18th century
Classification: Lighting Devices
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Provenance

Col. Robert Lloyd, Talbot County, Maryland; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Peregrine Tilghman (née Dorothy Lloyd, 1741–1811) and her husband Col. Peregrine Tilghman (1741–1807), Talbot County, Maryland; by descent to their son Tench Tilghman (1782–1827), Talbot County, Maryland; by descent to his son Gen. Tench Tilghman (1810–1874), Talbot County, Maryland; by descent to his son Col. Oswald Tilghman (1841–1932), Easton Maryland; by descent to his daughter Mary Foxley Tilghman Frazer (1887–1976); sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Vincent D. Andrus (1916 - 1962), Greenwich, Connecticut; by descent in his family; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2016

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 8

Caryne Eskridge, "Gleaming Luxury and Flickering Light: Mary Saltonstall's Silver Basin," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 66, fig. 5

Selections from the Collection of Vincent Dyckman Andrus, exh. cat. (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., January 2004), 6, ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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Set of Six Mirrored Sconces Maker: Unknown

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