Hi Candace,

If you can send me some good jpeg images of this chandelier with some
details I think I can help you.

Historic metals are a specialty of mine.

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles
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On 9/29/06, Candace Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One of the local churches was doing housecleaning, recently, and the
> trustees found a tall (5') fixture of handwrought iron and turned wooden
> balusters with two surviving arms.  The arms have loops at the end that may
> have held (I'm guessing) some sort of dish for oil. The top baluster has
> holes also, but no existing arms  and an attached hook.  I'm also guessing
> that it was attached to a chain that could be pulled up and down for the
> thing to be lit.
> The whole piece was painted black with gold details, in keeping with the mid
> 19th century toleware/document box kind of decoration.
> A new church building was constructed in the late 1850s -- the church as an
> institution itself dates to the mid 18th century.  It's a country church --
> almost frontier for PA in the mid 18th century, even though only an hour
> from Philadelphia.
> Can anybody think of comparables?  I'm guessing that the light came from the
> pre 1850s building, but is not 18th century...but it's anybody's guess.
> Suggestions welcome!
> Candace Perry
> Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
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