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Sabbath Candlesticks
Sabbath Candlesticks

Sabbath Candlesticks

Artist Unknown
Datemid 19th century
MediumSilver
DimensionsH. (each) 8 in. (20.3 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LinePurchased with funds given by family and friends in memory of Dr. Frances Pascher Kanof
Object number89.1/1-2
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Germany, mid-19th century. [Sotheby’s, New York, December 12, 1988, no. 329]; sold to NCMA, 1988.Published References"Recent Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1989), discussed and illus. (b-w) 9.

Chuck Twardy, "A new look for old objects," Raleigh: The News and Observer (December 20, 1996), 4E.

Abram Kanof, A Guide to the Judaic Art Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996), cat. no. 18, pp. 17, 32-33, illus. (b-w) 17, 32.

Abram Kanof, entry for Pair of Sabbath Candlesticks, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 63, 66, illus. (color) 66.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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