Bobeche

Myer Myers

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This bobeche matches the one belonging to Myer Myers candlestick (1972.3.1a,b and .2). Engraved inscriptions reveal that these candlesticks, originally from a set of four, were a gift to Catherine Livingston from her maternal grandparents, Pieter and Sarah Van Brugh. They were probably made around 1759, when Catherine married the wealthy merchant John Lawrence. Only the most prosperous Americans could afford silver candlesticks such as these, which appear to have been cast from an English model.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art