Candlestick
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Candlestick
ManufacturerProbably
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
(American, 1826-1888)
Date1845-1860
DimensionsH: 6 29/32 in. (17.5 cm); Base Diam: 3 25/32 in. (9.6 cm); Rim W: 1 9/16 in. (3.95 cm)
MediumDeep blue lead glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1969.178
Not on View
DescriptionHexagonal socket and stem pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger, probably with a cap ring that formed the top of the socket. Joined by a wafer to a hexagonal standard and round foot. Standard and foot pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger, with a cap ring that formed the lower side and undersurface of the foot. Underside of foot ground and polished, possibly eliminating a pontil mark.
Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 460, pl. 186, left.
McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 384, 390, pl. 199, no. 20.
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.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 440, no. 682.
1845-1860
1845-1860
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