Candlestick

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Candlestick

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

Date1840-1855

DimensionsH: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Base W: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

MediumPeacock-green lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.80

Not on View

DescriptionHexagonal socket and stem pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain cylindrical plunger that also formed the top edge of the socket. Joined by a wafer to the short hexagonal standard and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger that formed the circular hollow interior of the base and its bottom edge. Slight pontil mark around underside 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. 434, no. 664.