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candlestick

Object NameCandlestick

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1650-1699

TechniqueBlown, diamond-point engraved

SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm; Socket Diam: 3.2 cm; Foot Diam: 12.1 cm

Accession Number50.3.4

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass

Place Made

possibly Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionCandlestick. Colorless glass with grayish cast; blown, diamond-point engraved. Cylindrical socket with out folded rim strengthened by cast off thread; large merese (functioning as dripping pan) is joined to blown baluster stem above small, solid baluster-shaped glue bit, and merese; hollow bulb projects from center of blown, saucer shaped foot with out folded edge and pontil mark on base. Diamond point engraved foliage on socket, hollow knop, and foot; foot has running scroll of flowers and leaves on which four birds—two peacocks and two pheasants(?)—are perched. These are rendered in outline with rough hatching.
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