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Theodore B Starr

( American, 1837 )

A pair of American silver five-light candelabra, Theodore B. Starr, New York

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Materials:

silver

Size Notes:

6170 g

Description:

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Markings:

marked underneath bases, dated 1919, one engraved underneath base with presentation inscription

Literature:

The inscription reads "Presented to Margaret Carnegie by the Carnegie Veteran Association April 22, 1919.". . Margaret Carnegie was the daughter of steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield Carnegie. The candelabra were a gift upon her marriage to Roswell Miller on April 22, 1919. The Carnegie Veteran Association was a society of ex-Carnegie Steel managers. It initially consisted of forty-nine members, with Louise, Margaret, and Mrs. Charles Schwab as honorary members. Founded in 1900, for the first sixteen years, the members met at Carnegie's New York mansion, and then moved to the home of Charles Schwab for the next nineteen years

Provenance:

Margaret Carnegie (1897-1990), New York

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