candlestick
Object NameCandlestick
Made FromGlass
Date1900-1905
Place MadeItaly
TechniqueFree-blown, pattern-molded, enameled, gilded, applied and tooled decoration
SizeOverall H: 35.7 cm
Accession Number55.3.46 D
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Herbert N. Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Murano Glass in the Twentieth Century
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear glass; free-blown, pattern-molded, enameled and gilded, with applied and tooled decoration. Candlestick. Spreading folded foot with rough pontil mark, fluted stem supporting a slightly ribbed ball-knop cushioned by "spools", shallow bowl with pontil mark; a dragon winding around stem, two others applied to ball; thistle-shaped slightly ribbed socket resting on a pear-shaped knop applied to the bowl.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Herbert N. Strauss
