Pair of Blue and White Candelabra, ca. 19th Century
Blue and white figural candelabra, comprised of four parts, having candle cups and arms that are removable from the bases. Applied flowers to the arms attached to a base of a classical figure holding a cornucopia. Marked underneath.
Provenance: old prominent private collections, The Glass and The West Families (both since second half of 18th c.), Pittsburgh, PA, by descent in the families to the current owner.
The Glass and The West families were Pioneer Farming Families (the Glass family owned and farmed a large tract where currently Glass Run Road and Streets Run Road intersect; the West family was also a pioneer farm family that owned a significant tract located in Homestead near West Street and West Run Road.
Mary Glass West (1813 – 1870) married Sammuel Hay West (1799 – 1873) in 1832. The West family was also a pioneer farm family that owned a significant tract located in Homestead near West Street and West Run Road.
Sammuel Hay West was the son of Joseph and Mary West and Grandson of Colonel Alexander Lowry. Colonel Lowry was a guide to General Forbes on his march to Fort Duquesne and later became the Commander of the Lancaster Militia in the Battle of Brandywine.
The Glass and West family farms remained in operation until 1871 when the family began to sell property to developers and workers in the emerging steel industry.
Condition: Sporadic losses of some flowers, loss of one leaf to candle cup, others with old repairs.
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Blue and white figural candelabra, comprised of four parts, having candle cups and arms that are removable from the bases. Applied flowers to the arms attached to a base of a classical figure holding a cornucopia. Marked underneath.
Provenance: old prominent private collections, The Glass and The West Families (both since second half of 18th c.), Pittsburgh, PA, by descent in the families to the current owner.
The Glass and The West families were Pioneer Farming Families (the Glass family owned and farmed a large tract where currently Glass Run Road and Streets Run Road intersect; the West family was also a pioneer farm family that owned a significant tract located in Homestead near West Street and West Run Road.
Mary Glass West (1813 – 1870) married Sammuel Hay West (1799 – 1873) in 1832. The West family was also a pioneer farm family that owned a significant tract located in Homestead near West Street and West Run Road.
Sammuel Hay West was the son of Joseph and Mary West and Grandson of Colonel Alexander Lowry. Colonel Lowry was a guide to General Forbes on his march to Fort Duquesne and later became the Commander of the Lancaster Militia in the Battle of Brandywine.
The Glass and West family farms remained in operation until 1871 when the family began to sell property to developers and workers in the emerging steel industry.
Condition: Sporadic losses of some flowers, loss of one leaf to candle cup, others with old repairs.
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