Candlestick

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Candlestick

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

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 6 21/32 in. (16.9 cm); Base W: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass with a yellowish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.109B

Not on View

DescriptionSocket pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as 1967.87. Solid standard and base pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold similar to that used for 1967.87, but by a different male plunger bearing the pattern of fine ribs that formed the underside of the perimeter of the base.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 393.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).