Pair of Candlesticks

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Pair of Candlesticks

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

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Base W: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Rim W: 6.0 cm (2 3/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass with a yellowish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.87A-B

Not on View

DescriptionSocket pressed, probably upright, in a female mold of three vertical sections that terminate just above the band of beads on the underside of the bobeche and a base plate by a plain male plunger that, with a plain cap ring, formed the socket and upper surface of the bobeche, or drip pan, and its plain edge. In the center of the base of the socket is a small nipple. Joined by a double knop to a double-ribbed melon knop blown in a full-size mold of three vertical sections, the upper and lower sections separated by a chain of diamonds. Joined by a ribbed knop to a solid eight-lobed columnar standard above four graduated pointed quatrefoil steps above a lobed quatrefoil base that is plain on the interior. Base pressed in a one-piece female mold by a male plunger that formed the interior of the base and underside of its perimeter.

Published ReferencesKeefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), p. 108, repr. fig. 6, upper left.

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. 325, no. 392.