candlestick

Object NameCandlestick

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1800-1829

Place MadeIreland

TechniqueBlown, cut, pressed

SizeOverall H: 21.25 cm

Accession Number50.2.85 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Marshall Field & Co.)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and cut, pressed "lemon- squeezer" base. Deep cylindrical socket with flared upturned round-scallop rim, wide flat octagonal merese at top of urn-shaped shaft, small octagonal merese at top of pressed base having short plain stem, low dome, fluted inside, on square base; cut decoration: band of diamond diapering between broad flat panels on shaft, flat panels on socket, horizontal rib around socket at center and neck of shaft.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01