Candlestick

Manufacturer Phoenix Glass Works (American, 1819 or 1820-1870)

ManufacturerPossibly Union Flint Glass Works (American, 1826-1844)

Date1835-1840

DimensionsH: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.); Base W: 10.0 cm (3 15/16 in.); Base Diagonal: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.); Rim Diam: 5.0 cm (1 31/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass; Deep socket and stem blown

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1968.24

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionEmbellished with applied heavy tooled annular rings. Joined by a wafer to the quatrefoil base. Standard and base pressed in the same mold and by the same plunger, modified, as lamp 1965.20.

Label TextBecause of their essentially architectural form, glass lighting fixtures were well suited to expressions of classical taste. The candlestick is supported by a pressed base with scrolls and “lion’s paw” feet of antique inspiration in a style characteristic of the 1830s.Published ReferencesRose, James H., "Unrecorded Rarities in American Glass: More Lacy Items," Antiques, vol. 71, February 1957, pp. 160-162 (Reprint 2, pp. 148-150), repr. p. 162.

Wilson, 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.); p. 343, p. 433.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 142, repr. (col.) p. 143.

Spillman, Jane Shadel, "Glass in glass: The Toledo Museum of Art, " Glass Club Bulletin, no. 208, Summer, 2007, repr. p. 21.