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IMPORTANT MOULTON FAMILY WROUGHT IRON AND CAST BRASS CANDLESTAND, POSSIBLY BY JOSEPH MOULTON, NEWBURY OR NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1740
Estimate
25,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- wrought-iron, brass
- Height 71 1/2 in. by Width 18 3/4 in. by Depth 13 in.
Finial replaced.
Provenance
Descended in family of Joseph Moulton, Newburyport, Massachusetts (b. 1744);
Winsor White Antiques, Duxbury, Massachusetts, March 9, 1950;
Pam Copland Lammont, Mount Cuba, Delaware;
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland, January 19, 2002, sale 7757, lot 31;
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.
Winsor White Antiques, Duxbury, Massachusetts, March 9, 1950;
Pam Copland Lammont, Mount Cuba, Delaware;
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland, January 19, 2002, sale 7757, lot 31;
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.
Literature
"Living With Antiques: The Delaware Home of Mr. and Mrs. Lammont Copland," The Magazine Antiques, (October 1952), p. 293;
Morrison Heckshur, Magazine Antiques, "Living With Antiques: Mount Cuba in Delaware," Magazine Antiques, (May 1987), pl. IV, p. 1080.
Morrison Heckshur, Magazine Antiques, "Living With Antiques: Mount Cuba in Delaware," Magazine Antiques, (May 1987), pl. IV, p. 1080.
Condition
Excellent condition, finial not period
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
According to Winsor White Antiques, this candlestand was originally owned by Joseph Moulton, "the celebrated silversmith of Newburyport, Massachusetts." Two men by the name of Joseph Moulton worked as silversmiths in the Newbury/Newburyport area. The first, Joseph Moulton (1724-1795), was a gold and silversmith who worked in Newbury, Massachusetts for fifty years. Born in Newbury on August 4, 1724 to Joseph (1694-1756), a blacksmith and his wife Mary (Noyes), Joseph married Anna (Boardman); they had no children.1 He was identified as a goldsmith in a deed of March 31, 1753 and through his probate records. He may have trained the Newbury native, Israel Bartlett, between 1752 and 1769. Suffolk County Court records indicate that he drowned in the Merrimack River in 1795. His nephew and namesake, Joseph Moulton (1744-1816) was also a silversmith. Born in Newburyport in 1744, Joseph may have apprenticed to his father, William, or his uncle, before working at a shop on State Street. He formed a partnership in 1796 with Theophilus Bradbury (1763-1803) under the name Moulton & Bradbury.
1Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers: A Biographical Dictionary Based on the Notes of Francis Hill Bigelow & John Marshall Phillips (New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), p. 711.