Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds Tuesday, August 27, 2024 7 p.m.-8 p.m.
Simon Willard, Patent Alarm Timepiece, Lighthouse Clock, c. 1825, mahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment.
Andrew Ellicott Warner, Pair of Candlesticks, 1815, Silver, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Michael K. Brown Metals Endowment Fund.
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., Kerosene Lamp, c. 1860-1880, lead glass, gilt brass, and marble, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Elizabeth Feld Herzberg.
August 13, 20 & 27, 2024
Held virtually, over the course of three evenings, hear expert speakers, including Bayou Bend’s curators, give each work its time in the spotlight and discover what makes them Fascinating Finds.
A new, compact clock with a patented alarm mechanism heralds the signs of a changing world order; a pair of silver candlesticks illuminate the story of a historic trade route; and a brilliant blue-glass kerosene lamp lights the way towards America’s future. What do these three objects have in common? In addition to being recent works of art to enter the Bayou Bend collection, they each have something interesting to say about the world in which they came to be.
Free | Live via Zoom
Tuesday, August 13
- Simon Willard's Patent Alarm Timepiece
- Speaker: Bradley Brooks, Curator, Bayou Bend
Tuesday, August 20
- Andrew Ellicott Warner's Pair of Candlesticks
- Speaker: Daniel Ackermann, Director, Bayou Bend
Tuesday, August 27
- Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.'s Kerosene Lamp
- Speaker: Remi Dyll, Collections Manager, Bayou Bend
Questions? Contact Joey Milillo at jmilillo@mfah.org or 713.639.7759.
Education programs at Bayou Bend receive generous funding from Houston Junior Woman's Club; Sharon G. Dies; Mary Lynn and Steve Marks; Susan Vaughan Foundation; Ralph H. and Ruth J. McCullough Foundation; Denise Monteleone; Ms. Bobbie Nau; William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation; and additional generous donors.
These education programs also receive income from funds provided by the Carol and Les Ballard Endowment; the Judy and Charles Tate Endowment; the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Endowment; the Barbara Graham Williams Endowment; and the Bayou Bend Bonnie A. Campbell Education Programs Endowment.