Candlestick
Manufacturer: Probably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)
Date: 1845-1865
Dimensions:
H: 10 11/32 in. (26.3 cm); Base W: 3 21/32 in. (9.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Medium: Translucent white alabaster glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number: 1966.38
DescriptionPetal socket and hexagonal stem pressed in a female mold of three vertical sections by a plain cylindrical male plunger tapered at the lower end, with a cap ring that formed the top six petals. Joined by a wafer to a base in the form of a dolphin on a slightly stepped square plinth. Base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the patterns by a plain male plunger that formed the interior of the hollow square base and hollow dolphin head.
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