Candlestick

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Candlestick

Place of OriginUnited States, probably New England

Date1835-1840

DimensionsH: 9 19/32 in. (24.4 cm); Base W: 3 1/32 in. (7.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.95

Not on View

DescriptionSocket and inverted baluster stem blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a triple knop to the base. Base pressed in the same mold as lamp 1967.89, by the same or an almost identical male plunger that formed a slightly deeper hollow in the square 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. 333, no. 412.