Lot 20
  • 20

Robert R. Jarvie

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert R. Jarvie
  • Pair of "Beta" Candlesticks
  • both incised Jarvie

  • patinated bronze

  • with the original bobeches

Literature

Sharon S. Darling, Chicago Metalsmiths, Chicago, 1977, p. 55, cat. no. 72
Richard Guy Wilson, From Architecture to Object:  Masterworks of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, New York, 1989, p. 101 (for an example of the model in cast bronze)
Thomas K. Maher, The Jarvie Shop:  The Candlesticks and Metalwork of Robert R. Jarvie, Philmont, NY, 1997, front cover and p. 32

Condition

Overall in excellent condition. The patinated bronze surface with a few very minor surface scratches and abrasions, very gentle rubbing, and a few small traces of surface soiling. The candlesticks retain their original bobeches which are in beautiful condition. With a few small felt gliders on the undersides. A superb example of this rare iconic form.
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