candelabrum

Object Name2-part Candelabrum

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1720

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)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Reused Restored Rethought: Glass After the 1972 Chemung River Flood

Place Made

England

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.
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