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candlestick
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candlestick

Object Name2 Candlesticks
Made FromLead glass, metal
Dateabout 1840
Place Madeprobably Midwestern United States
Techniquepressed
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number65.4.34
Credit LineGift of Miss Gertrude J. Hoffman
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, metal; pressed. Cylindrical deep candle socket with galleried rim, fitted with a loose metal cup less than half as deep as the socket; applied bands at base of socket; double-knopped stem applied by a triple wafer to a hollow pressed base with a pattern of diamond-filled circles around it.
Provenance
Source Gertrude J. Hoffman
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