Pair of Candlesticks
Pair of Candlesticks
ManufacturerPossibly
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
(American, 1826-1888)
Place of OriginProbably New England
Date1840-1855
DimensionsH: 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm); Base W: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Rim W: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
MediumDeep amethyst lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1967.73A-B
Not on View
DescriptionPressed in the same manner and in the similar molds as those used for 1967.69A and 1967.81. Each of the six narrow sections of the hexagon just below the socket has a tooled, vertical indentation at its lower end. Rough pontil mark on inner edge of perimeter of base.
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. 436, no. 672.
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