candlestick

Object NameCandlestick

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1840-1860

Place MadeUnited States, New England

Size(A) H: 17.7 cm, D(base): 10.8 cm; (B) H: 18 cm, D(base): 10.9 cm

Accession Number61.4.62 B

Credit LineGift of Mr. Alderman F. Gleason in memory of Miss Ella Gleason and A. C. Wheeler

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionWhitish "clambroth" glass; pressed in "petal and loop" pattern. Hexagonal candle socket with six petals around rim above a baluster stem ending in six petals; joined by a wafer to a hollow pressed dome-shape standard with seven loops around it.
Provenance

Source Alderman F. Gleason - 1961