Candace -
When I was with the Kemerer Museum in Bethlehem, PA, we had a similar
light fixture, and I think there might have been one in one of the
Moravian buildings operated by the Moravian Historical Society. The
museums there have all merged under the name Historic Bethlehem
Partnership - someone there might be able to help!
Sarah
Sarah W. LeCount
Collections Manager
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Candace Perry
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:13 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] 19th century church light fixtures/"chandeliers"
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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