Shabbat candlesticks

Catalog numbers 60 and 61

Shabbat candlesticks, Number 27, from the 1995 catalog — Number 27, from the 1995 catalog

Materials: Porcelain, white or blue, with 22K gold

Candles are lit Friday evening for the Sabbath and on the evening of many major holidays. The text is the V'Shomru, a prayer from the Friday evening service, in its entirety on the blue pair.

From the studio catalog, 1995

When Arnold introduced these, the collector Belle Rosenbaum ordered seven pairs to give as wedding gifts. An earlier pair, number 27, carried a seven-branch menorah in gold on a deep blue glaze.

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Arnold Schwarzbart, z"l. March 10, 1942 to March 16, 2015.

His papers are held as the Arnold Schwarzbart Collection, MSC 0576, in the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at the Knox County Public Library. See also The Legacy Project.