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Candlestick

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date1870-1880
DimensionsH: 9 23/32 in. (24.7 cm); Base W: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1968.29
Not on View
DescriptionEntire piece pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections, opening at opposite sides of the figure, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the base, with a base plate and plug that formed the socket, by a plain male plunger. Moldmarks extend from the bottom edge of the base to the top of the socket. The top of the socket appears to have been fire-polished. No pontil mark.
Label TextAfter the Civil War, classical style again emerged as one among many historicist options for the designer. This candlestick, d echoes the columns formed of female figures (called caryatids) found in ancient Greek architecture.Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 460, pl. 187, second from left.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 192, no. 5.

Rose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1954, p. 95, no. 284.

Revi, Albert C., American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles, New York and Toronto, Nelson, 1964, pp. 255-256.

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. 281, no. 1107.

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. 461, no. 738.

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