Candlestick
Tiffany & Co.
1878
Medium
Iron, silver, gold, and copper
Dimensions
7 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (19.1 × 11 cm)
Classification
Candlestick
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Sansbury-Mills Fund and Spencer Marks Gift, 2018
Accession Number
2018.121.2a, b
About the Artist
Tiffany & Co. · 1837–present
Tiffany & Co., founded on September 18, 1837, by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City as a stationery and fancy goods store, quickly evolved into a premier American house for jewelry and decorative arts. Under Charles's leadership, the firm introduced innovations like the sterling silver standard in 1851 and the iconic six-prong Tiffany Setting engagement ring in 1886, establis...