candelabrum
Object Name2-part Candelabrum
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1720
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown, molded, tooled
SizeOverall H: 33.7 cm, W: 29.2 cm; Foot Diam: 15.4 cm
Accession Number60.2.39
Credit LineGift of R. B. Gump
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Reused Restored Rethought: Glass After the 1972 Chemung River Flood
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical Description2-part Candelabrum. Clear very heavy lead glass with impurities and bubbles; blown, molded and tooled. Domed and horizontally ribbed wide foot, large horizontally ribbed knop supporting a cylindrical section with infolded rim to receive the dowel of the upper section of the candelabra; the upper section consists of a solid dowel with merese, two rows of tear drops flanking a very large knop and surmounted by another large knop, horizontally ribbed and tapering to knopped finial; to the large central knop two large S-shaped arms are attached; these four arms support the cylindrical candleholders with attached saucer-like collars.Provenance
Source
R. B. Gump
- 1960-06-06
