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Candlestick

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

Date1840-1855

DimensionsH: 7 1/32 in. (17.85 cm); Base W: 3 11/16 in. (9.35 cm); Rim W: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

MediumGreenish-yellow (so-called Vaseline) lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.70

Not on View

DescriptionSocket and stem pressed in the same manner and in molds similar to those used to make 1967.80. Joined by a wafer to a base pressed in the same manner but in a different though similar mold from that used to make 1967.80 and 1967.69A.

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. 434, no. 666.