Pair of Candlesticks

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Pair of Candlesticks

Place of OriginUnited States, probably New England

Date1840-1855

DimensionsH: 7 1/8 in. (18.3 cm); Base W: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim W: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

MediumBlue alabaster glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.75A-B

Not on View

DescriptionSocket and stem pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger that also formed the top of the socket. Joined by a wafer to a hexagonal base. Base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the edge of the base and the slightly angled shoulder above the edge of the base. Rough pontil mark on underside of inner edge 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. 437, no. 673.