Candlestick | Set

Manufacturer Tiffany and Company

Retailer Tiffany and Company

Designer Paulding Farnham (American, 1859 - 1927)

Date1897-1900

Geographic OriginNewark, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumSilver

Credit LinePurchase 2011 Helen McMahon Brady Cutting Fund

Object number2011.1.1.1-4

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Object NameCandlestick | Set

Marks and Labels/StampsTIFFANY & CO. 13392 MAKERS 9230 STERLING SILVER 925-1000 T [T&CO CIPHER ON PEACOCK FEATHER FOR 1900 PARIS EXPOSITION] [1901 BEAVER MARK ON BASE RIM OPPOSITE 1900 MARK] ProvenancePurchased by Franklin Murphy, former Gov. of NJ, founding trustee of Newark Museum, Newark resident, owner of Murphy Varnish works in Newark, after 1901. Thence to his daughter Mrs. William B. Kinney (Kinney family owned the Newark Daily Advertiser, were neighbors of the Murphys on Broad St.); then to NJHS in 1961; deaccessioned by NJHS 2010 to Christie's, NYC.

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