Emerson, Ralph Waldo. (1803–1882). "One idea lights a thousand candles" - Brass Candle Holder owned by Emerson. Brass candle holder with snuffer, apparently once owned by the American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet, engraved to the underside, “Formerly owned and used by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord, Mass”. Diameter of dish 5 ½”. Light tarnishing, overall in fine condition. While there is no further provenance available, we have no reason to doubt the veracity of the engraving which was certainly not recently applied.
Known for challenging traditional thought and for his faith in the individual, Emerson was the chief spokesman for the Transcendentalist movement. His poems speak to his most passionately held belief: that external authority should be disregarded in favor of one’s own experience. A remarkable relic from one of the best-loved figures in nineteenth-century American literature.
Known for challenging traditional thought and for his faith in the individual, Emerson was the chief spokesman for the Transcendentalist movement. His poems speak to his most passionately held belief: that external authority should be disregarded in favor of one’s own experience. A remarkable relic from one of the best-loved figures in nineteenth-century American literature.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. (1803–1882). "One idea lights a thousand candles" - Brass Candle Holder owned by Emerson. Brass candle holder with snuffer, apparently once owned by the American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet, engraved to the underside, “Formerly owned and used by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord, Mass”. Diameter of dish 5 ½”. Light tarnishing, overall in fine condition. While there is no further provenance available, we have no reason to doubt the veracity of the engraving which was certainly not recently applied.
Known for challenging traditional thought and for his faith in the individual, Emerson was the chief spokesman for the Transcendentalist movement. His poems speak to his most passionately held belief: that external authority should be disregarded in favor of one’s own experience. A remarkable relic from one of the best-loved figures in nineteenth-century American literature.
Known for challenging traditional thought and for his faith in the individual, Emerson was the chief spokesman for the Transcendentalist movement. His poems speak to his most passionately held belief: that external authority should be disregarded in favor of one’s own experience. A remarkable relic from one of the best-loved figures in nineteenth-century American literature.