Pair of Rock Crystal Candlesticks
Rock crystal, a transparent quartz mineral that was highly prized, can be carved in various ways, including with facets, as here, to catch the flickering light of a candle. Before the invention of electricity, candlelight in a darkened chapel would have created an easily under...
Artifact
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77430
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_41.82-83_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_41.82-83_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_41.82-83_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.5 (41.82, 41.83) |
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Genre
candlesticks