Candlestick

Image Not Available

Expand

IIIFView PDF

Candlestick

ManufacturerPossibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 5 23/32 in. (14.5 cm); Base W: 3 9/32 in. (8.3 cm); Rim W: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)

MediumColorless glass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.22

Not on View

DescriptionSocket pressed upright, probably in a one-piece female mold that formed the exterior of the nine petals, by a plain male plunger that formed the socket and upper surface of the nine petals. Joined by a wafer to a standard of eight ribs and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in the same mold and in the same manner as the base of lamp 1966.8.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 324, no. 390.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).