candlestick
Object NameCandlestick
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1735
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown
SizeOverall H: 20.25 cm; Foot Diam: 11 cm
Accession Number51.2.220
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Story of English Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead, glass; blown. Slender deep socket (nozzle) with straight sides spreading to saucer top with flaring flat rim; composite stem including drawn shanked cushion-knop with air bead (tear) tapering into shank to a point (fashioned from the same gather as the socket), air-beaded dumbbell knop between double-merese, stemmed flattened-knop with tear depending in stem, and angular knop; applied high-domed foot with wide rim flaring to plain edge and with small rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1951-04-23
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England
Former Collection
Cecil Davis
