Candlestick

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

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 6 23/32 in. (17.1 cm); Base W: 3 17/32 in. (9.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1982.156

Not on View

DescriptionSocket pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as 1966.109. Joined by a very thin wafer to the base. Base pressed in a female mold of two vertical sections, opening at diagonally opposite corners, by a male plunger bearing the pattern of fine ribs and a shallow hollow that formed a small boss at each corner of the interior of the base.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pl. 178, bottom center.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 278, fig. 241, right.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 207, no. 804.

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. 326, no. 394.