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candelabrum
candelabrum

candelabrum

Object NamePair of Gilded Metal and Cut Glass Candelabra
Maker John Blades (English, d. 1829)
Made FromGlass, Metal, Gilding
Date1822-1829
TechniqueGilded, blown, cut, assembled
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number2016.2.20
Credit LineGift of Mark and Peni Weinstein
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
England, London
Physical DescriptionPair of Gilded Metal and Cut Glass Candelabra. Colorless glass, gilded metal; blown, cut, assembled. Two candelabra consisting of a circular foot, faceted bulbous stem flanked on top and bottom by stacked faceted knops, and a double-armed gilded metal fixture with central post. Each arm of gilded metal fixture toped with a cut glass bobeche with saw-toothed rim and a cut glass candlecup with an gilded metal socket; fourteen prisms hang from each of these bobeches. Central post topped with a slightly smaller cut glass bobeche with saw-toothed rim and teardrop-shaped cut glass finial; twelve prisms hang from central bobeche. Prisms consist of two faceted square drops terminating with an elongate rectangular faceted drop with a rounded faceted bottom end.
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