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One of a Pair of Table Candelabra

One of a Pair of Table Candelabra

Artist: Attributed to William Parker (British)
Date: about 1785
Dimensions:
H: 62.5 cm (24.6 in.) (Dealer)
Medium: Colorless lead glass, blown, mold-blown, cut, assembled with gilt bronze mounts.
Place of Origin: London
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Jefferson D. Robinson in memory of his wife, Mary Elizabeth, by exchange
Object number: 2009.3
Label Text:With the growth of the middle class in the 18th century, there was an increasing demand for elegant consumer goods. English glassmakers responded with a wide assortment of high-quality products for the table that demonstrated both the skill of the glass decorators and of the glassblowers. The brilliance of English lead glass was enhanced best with polished wheel-cut facets, such as displayed in this dazzling pair of cut-glass candelabra.
DescriptionEach candelabrum has a domed canopy hung with pendant drops and urn finial, supported by a faceted central triangular spire swagged with pendant drops linked to two S-scroll arms with larger pendant drops and short spire finials, with two further S-scroll arms with waisted ovoid nozzles with large pendant drops, swagged with further smaller pendant drops linked to a raised arm with large star and large pendant drop, the whole supported by hollow faceted baluster section with lemon-squeezer molded foot.
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