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Candlestick

Place of OriginUnited States, New England
Date1830-1845
DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); Base W: 3 9/32 in. (8.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumColorless glass; mold-pressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1966.23
Not on View
DescriptionSocket pressed in the same mold and base pressed in the same type of mold and in the same manner as 1966.108, a larger candlestick.
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. 328, no. 400.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 59, repr. (col.) Fig. 21.1.

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