19th Century Italian Carved Gilt Wood Altar Candle Pricket

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An Italian hand carved, gilded and polychromed church altar stick from the second half of the 19th century. Having a … Read more An Italian hand carved, gilded and polychromed church altar stick from the second half of the 19th century. Having a circular crown shaped gilt metal top surrounding the tall candlestick pricket, over carved and spiral turned central column, rising on tri foot hexagonal base.

The fantastic religious antique, circa 1870, having warm, rich giltwood carvings, nicely detailed, with beautiful, elegantly aged rustic patina, worn, distressed, chippy paint, adds historic depth, character and old world charm.

Provenance:
Acquired from the Dallas, TX estate of T. Boone Pickens (b.1928 -2019). An American business magnate and financier.

J. Garrett Auctioneers had the pleasure of presenting this item from the iconic Texas and Oklahoma oil tycoon, T. Boone Pickens' Dallas home.

The breadth of T. Boone Pickens' career is impressive. He built one of the largest independent natural gas oil companies in the United States and flourished as an entrepreneur thereafter, generating hundreds of billions of dollars in the process. Among his lengthy accolades, Time magazine has identified him one of its "100 Most Influential People", Financial World named him "CEO of the Decade" in 1989, and Oil and Gas Investor identified him as one of the "100 Most Influential People of the Petroleum Century." See less