Title
Built candlestick
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale ivory, whale skeletal bone, wax
Dimensions5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.298
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA turned whale skeletal bone candlestick base and a turned sperm whale ivory shaft, in sections, with nine circumferential grooves with red sealing wax.One of a pair (with 2001.100.297)ProvenanceEverett Lewis,date ? ; Kendall Whaling Museum; NBWM
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19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
mid 19th Century
Aiken, Capt. Warren
19th Century
