Pair of Candlesticks

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Pair of Candlesticks

Place of OriginNew England

Date1840-1855

DimensionsH: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm); Base W: 4 3/32 in. (10.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/32 in. (3.4 cm)

MediumAlabaster glass, light yellowish-green socket and shoulder, and white standard and base.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.85A-B

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DescriptionSocket and shoulder pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger of cylindrical form with a rounded lower end. Joined by a wafer of white alabaster glass to a hexagonal standard and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger of tapered cylindrical form with a rounded shoulder and two shallow hexagonal shoulders that formed the hollow interior of the base, the underside of its perimeter, and the short angle on each edge joining the sides of the base. Rough pontil mark at base of hollow standard.

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. 427, no. 649.