Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3596.2008.1-.2
Provenance Harry and Nettie Buten, Merion, Pennsylvania, prior to 1971; The Buten Museum of Wedgwood (operated 1958-1988), Merion, Pennsylvania; gift from Nettie Buten to daughter Beatrice Buten Magee in December 1971 [see note 1]; by gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2008
1. Despite their ownership, the candlesticks remained at the Buten Museum of Wedgwood until it closed in 1988. Then they were placed on long-term loan at Nassau County Museums in Long Island, New York and remained there until 2008, when the entire Buten collection was transferred to the Birmingham Museum of Art.
