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Candlestick

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co.

Dateabout 1920

DimensionsH: 35.5 cm (14 in.); Rim Diam: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); Base Diam: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.71

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DescriptionLibbey no. 1546 candlestick. Socket and standard blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a flat knop to the tooled flat foot. Large, shallow, polished pontil mark. Socket engraved, probably with stone wheels, with a circle of six five-petaled flowers in pairs. Upper part of standard engraved with three sets of these flowers, each within a linear border outlined by variously sized dots. Lower part of standard engraved with a series of vertical dashes, each dash with a dot above. Underside of foot engraved with a circle of five-petaled flowers and leaves joined by a series of curved and straight lines.

Published ReferencesLibbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 17, n.d. (1918-25), sheet 154, bottom right (10-in. no. 1546 candlestick with no. 0490 pattern).

Libbey Trade Catalog, Toledo Museum of Art Archives 19, n.d. (1918-25), sheet 144 (10-in. no. 1546 candlestick with no. 0490 pattern; no price listed).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 733, no. 1245.