candlestick

Object Name2 Candlesticks in Grape and Vine Pattern

Manufacturer Pairpoint Manufacturing Co.

Made FromGlass

Date1920-1937

Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford

Techniqueblown, tooled, applied, engraved, cut, assembled

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number2010.4.161

Credit LineGift of the Hoard Family and Ariana and Rohan Sokhi

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCanaria yellow and colorless glass, metal wire; blown, tooled, applied, engraved, cut, assembled. (Aa) Canaria yellow cylindrical candle cup with wide flat rim, shallow concave bobeche with eight metal wire hooks, solid inverted baluster stem, colorless sphere with air trap inclusions, and applied circular foot. Rim of candle cup decorated with engraved band of circles. Candle cup engraved with grape leaves and vines. Stem decorated with engraved circles. Top of foot decorated with engraved grape leaves and vines. (Ab-Ai) 8 Colorless prisms, each consisting of a faceted square with two cut stars connected by metal wire to long three-sided prism with cut stars and flowers. Prism components hang from bobeche on (Aa). (Ba) Canaria yellow cylindrical candle cup with wide flat rim, shallow concave bobeche with eight metal wire hooks, solid inverted baluster stem, colorless sphere with air trap inclusions, and applied circular foot. Rim of candle cup decorated with engraved band of circles. Candle cup engraved with grape leaves and vines. Stem decorated with engraved circles. Top of foot decorated with engraved grape leaves and vines. (Bb-Bi) 8 Colorless prisms, each consisting of a faceted square with two cut stars connected by metal wire to long three-sided prism with cut stars and flowers. Prism components hang from bobeche on (Ba).
Provenance

Source Eva R. Hoard - 2010-11-30