Pair of Candlesticks
Pair of Candlesticks
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
1966.109A-B
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).
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