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candlestick
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candlestick

Object NameCandlestick
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1840-1860
Place MadeUnited States, New England
TechniquePressed
Size(A) H: 16.8 cm, D(base): 10.7 cm; (B) H: 17.4 cm, D(base): 11.11 cm
Accession Number69.4.58 B
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Snyder
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent yellow green "vaseline" glass; pressed in "petal and loop" pattern. Hexagonal candle socket with six petals around rim above a baluster stem ending in six petals; joined by a wafer to a hollow pressed dome-shape standard with seven loops around.
Provenance
Source Gladys M. Snyder
Source Harry A. Snyder
inlay
about 300-50 BCE
bowl
425-330 BCE
hanging lamp
possibly about 1887; perhaps 1312-1326
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1978
beaker
about 1830