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| Keywords: German - Pair of Rock Crystal Candlesticks - Walters 4182, 4183.jpg Rock crystal a transparent quartz mineral that was highly prized can be carved in various ways including with facets as here to catch the flickering light of a candle Before the invention of electricity candlelight in a darkened chapel would have created an easily understood metaphor for divine illumination between 1570 1610 rock crystal with gilded silver cm 47 4 accession number 41 82 41 83 77430 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Switzerland Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
