Incense Stand
Unknown Italian, Italian
about 1800
Block metal
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William Dexter
M.965.90.38
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by George Ticknor (1791-1871), Boston, Massachusetts, date unknown; to his daughter, Eliza (Mrs. William) Sullivan Ticknor Dexter (1833-1880), about 1871; to her son, Philip Dexter (1868-1934), about 1880; to his son, William Dexter (1897-1943), about 1934; to his wife, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer Dexter (1900-1976), 1943; given to Dartmouth College, 1943; catalogued by present collection, 1965.
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