A Pair of American Silver Six-Light Candelabra, Tiffany & Co., New York, Circa 1880

A pair of candelabra from 1879-80 of this same model but with mixed-metal Japonesque decoration was displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2024 exhibition on Edward C. Moore and was illustrated in the corresponding publication, Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co., p. 89. The tops are described: "the six bobeches grow upward from a central, undulating web that suggests the edge of Moore's ice glass bowl. The cascading drips, tipped in copper, speak to the physical properties of silver, which transforms from a molten to a solid state." The glass bowl referenced is a 16/17th century Spanish glass bowl with waved edges that was part of Edward C. Moore's personal collection (Met no. 91.1.1467). Objects from his collection were made available to Tiffany's designers to be used for inspiration in their designs.

The pair of candelabra in the Moore exhibition represented two of four decorative schemes identified in the Tiffany ledgers. The silver pattern book refers to them as "Candelabra Hexagon Japanese", pattern no. 5615, order no. 3118, and the entry records that the manufacturing costs for four candelabra was $380, which included "Makg incdg Set Extra Service Cups."