- Object Name:
- Sabbath Candlesticks
- Artist/Maker:
- Johann Friedrich Hessenberg
- Bio:
- b. 1810; d. 1874; master 1834; active Frankfurt am Main
- Artist/Maker:
- Wilhelm Conrad Hessenberg
- Bio:
- b. 1775; d.1837; master 1799; active Frankfurt am Main
- Artist/Maker:
- JLO
- Place Made:
- (a) Frankfurt am Main (Germany); (b) Germany
- Date:
- c. 1800–35
- Medium:
- Silver: pressed and cast
- Dimensions:
- Overall (a): 12 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (31.1 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm) Overall (b): 11 13/16 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (30 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Jewish Cultural Reconstruction
- Accession Number:
- JM 41-52a-b
Not On View
These two nearly identical candlesticks were made by different silversmiths; one was perhaps a replacement for a lost candlestick.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.