Candles on Mirrors Photos

Candle holders are sometimes combined with mirrors to increase the amount of light reflected into a room.

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Tin reflective mirror candle holder at Nathan Hale Homestead Museum. Coventry, CT.Candle sconce with mirrored reflector at Strong House. Windsor, CT.Candle sconce with tin reflector at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT.Candle sconce with tin reflector at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT.
Tin reflective mirror candle holder at Nathan Hale Homestead Museum. Coventry, CT.Candle sconce with mirrored reflector at Strong House. Windsor, CT.Candle sconce with tin reflector (18thC) at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT.Candle sconce with tin reflector (18thC) at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT.
Convex girandole English mirror at Longfellow National Historic Site. Cambridge, MA.Concave American mirror with eagle in parlor of Peirce-Nichols House. Salem, MA.Convex looking glass with carved eagle in New York period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.Mirror with American eagle in dining room at Conde-Charlotte Museum. Mobile, AL.
Convex girandole English mirror (1820) at Longfellow National Historic Site. Cambridge, MA.Concave American mirror with eagle in parlor of Peirce-Nichols House. Salem, MA.Convex looking glass with carved eagle (c1820) in New York period parlor (1820s) at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.Mirror with American eagle in dining room at Conde-Charlotte Museum. Mobile, AL.
Convex mirror with American eagle & candle sticks from America or England at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Mirror with eagle in entrance hall of Wheatland. Lancaster, PA.Convex mirror, Argand lamps & Greek-style vases on mantle in Chillman Parlor at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Cast metal mirror frame in Grant's room at Grant Cottage SHS. Wilton, NY.
Convex mirror with American eagle & candle sticks (1810-30) from America or England at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Mirror with eagle in entrance hall of Wheatland. Lancaster, PA.Convex mirror, Argand lamps & Greek-style vases on mantle in Chillman Parlor at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Cast metal mirror frame in Grant's room at Grant Cottage SHS. Wilton, NY.
Shaving stand with mirror & adjustable candle holders at Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion. Kerrville, TX.Shaving mirror stand in Jefferson Davis bedroom at Beauvoir. Biloxi, MS.Silver mirror stand with candlesticks at Park-McCullough Historic Estate. North Bennington, VT.Candlestick with magnifying lens to concentrate light at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.
Shaving stand with mirror & adjustable candle holders at Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion. Kerrville, TX.Shaving mirror stand in Jefferson Davis bedroom at Beauvoir. Biloxi, MS.Silver mirror stand with candlesticks at Park-McCullough Historic Estate. North Bennington, VT.Candlestick with magnifying lens to concentrate light at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.
Lamp with magnifying lenses at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.Silver wall sconce by Friedrich Kettwyck & Jochim Timme of Germany at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX.Tin framed with mirror & double sconce by Angelina Delgado Martinez at Millicent Rogers Museum. Taos, NM.
Lamp with magnifying lenses at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.Silver wall sconce (c1670) by Friedrich Kettwyck & Jochim Timme of Germany at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX.Tin framed with mirror & double sconce by Angelina Delgado Martinez at Millicent Rogers Museum. Taos, NM.

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