candlestick

Object Name2 Candlesticks

Made FromSee Individual Records

Dateabout 1800

Place MadeRussia, probably Saint Petersburg

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number91.3.42

Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Ingham in memory of George Ingham

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass and polychrome; blown, cut, lampworked. Tall facet-cut shape; polygonal, straight-sided socket with rounded, facet-cut rim, panel-cut sides; panel-cut, waisted capstans at the base of the socket; oval knops containing lampworked floral bouquets below; with polished, slightly concave panels on opposite faces, cut horizontal ribbing on the rounded sides, and chamfered on the corners; the knops enclosing matching back-to-back floral bouquets, one side with four flowers (two pink, one white, and one purple, each with yellow and green centers); the bouquets on the opposite sides with six flowers and a bud (two orange, two white, one pink, one blue, with green and yellow centers, and a white bud), and marginal green leaves and curved green stems; panel-cut waisted sections below, with central faceted ball knops; circular disk feet with polygonal cut rims; large polished pontil mark underneath.
Provenance

Source Mrs. George Ingham