Candlestick

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Candlestick

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1845-1860

DimensionsH: 5 1/32 in. (12.8 cm); Base Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 13/32 in. (3.6 cm)

MediumLight yellowish-green lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.33

Not on View

DescriptionSocket and stem pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger of cylindrical form with a hexagonal shoulder that formed the socket and hexagonal rim. Joined by a wafer to a circular standard and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a plain female mold of two vertical sections by a male plunger bearing the pattern on the interior of the columnar standard and the underside of the foot, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the foot. No pontil mark.

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. 426, no. 646.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).