candlestick
Object NameCandlestick
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1650-1699
Place Madepossibly Italy, Venice
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)
Exhibitions
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
purchased from Cecil Davis, London
purchased from Cecil Davis, London
Former Collection
Cecil Davis
about 1600-1650
