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Candlestick

Manufacturer A. H. Heisey and Company (American, 1893-1953)

DateProbably 1920s

DimensionsH: 11 13/32 in. (29.0 cm); Rim W: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Base W: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead glass; pressed, ground, and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Broer

Object number

1985.16

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upside down, in a female mold of two vertical sections with a base plug that formed the socket for the candle, by a plain male plunger, with a cap ring that formed the base. Underside and edges of base ground and polished. Large, convex, polished pontil mark. Top of socket ground and polished. Complete piece fire-polished.

Published ReferencesCatalogue No. 56, A. H. Heisey and Company, Newark, OH, n.d. (about 1909), n.p.

Glassware, A. H. Heisey and Company, Newark, OH, n.d. (about 1909), p. 158, no. 21 (Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, microfiche no. F-7711).

Table Glass and How to Use It: A Handbook for the Hostess, A. H. Heisey and Company, Newark, OH, 1911, p. 19 (Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass, microfiche no. F-4631).

Pressed Ware, price list no. 208, A. H. Heisey and Company, Newark, OH, 1924, p. 133, no. 21 (list price in less than original package quantities $16.95 a dozen [Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass, microfiche no. F-282]).

Heisey's Glassware for the Table, catalogue no. 100, A. H. Heisey and Company, Newark, OH, n.d. (about 1920), p. 161, no. 21 (Rakow Library, Corning Museum of Glass, microfiche no. F-574).

Cudd, Viola N., Heisey Glassware, Brenham, TX, author (Herman Print Shop), 1969, p. 81, pl. 48, right.

Felt, Thomas Edward, and Bob O'Grady, assisted by Jack Metcalf, Heisey Candlesticks, Candelabra, and Lamps, Newark, OH, Heisey Collectors of America, 1984, pp. 54-58, no. 21, p. 402.

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. 749, no. 1286.