Walter Von Nessen for Chase Chrome Skyscraper Candlesticks, Pair, c. 1930s View Watchlist >
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Lot # E137
System ID # 28030180
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Walter Von Nessen for Chase Chrome Skyscraper Candlesticks, Pair, c. 1930s
Pair of Art Deco chrome candlesticks in the skyscraper idiom, each composed of three graduated tubular cylinders rising from a tiered concentric disc base. The asymmetric vertical massing — tall central shaft flanked by two shorter satellites — is a hallmark of the Machine Age vocabulary that Walter Von Nessen and Lurelle Guild brought to Chase's catalog during the 1930s, when chromed steel housewares put modernist design within reach of the middle-class American household.
Undersides bear the Chase centaur mark with "Chase USA" text, consistent with the firm's Waterbury, Connecticut decorative housewares production from roughly 1930 to 1942. The stepped circular base mirrors the setback profile of contemporaneous skyscraper architecture — the Chrysler and Empire State buildings rendered in tabletop scale. Sold as the pair shown.
CONDITION
Good overall with strong reflective chrome and no dents to the cylinders. Surface scratches and scuffing throughout, with more concentrated wear and light pitting visible on the underside of the bases. Each holds three tapers as designed.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Height: 9"
- Base Diameter: 3.5"
- Holds Three Tapers Each
- Material: Chromed Steel
- Marked: Chase Centaur, "Chase USA"
- Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Co., Waterbury, CT
- Period: c. 1930s, American Art Deco
- Attribution: Walter Von Nessen ⚑
- Quantity: Pair (2)
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale
