New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Candlestick

Manufacturer Ellison & Flint Glass Works

Designer John Sowerby (British, d. 1914)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1878

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (5.4 x 5.4 cm)
Base: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (12.1 x 12.1 cm)

InscribedMarked on bottom in relief: peacock head trademark and round: "QUEENANN CANDLESTICK/J.MORTLOCK & CO./OXFORD'S & ORCHARD'S/LONDON".

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number82.146

Not on view

DescriptionCandlestick of pressed cream colored opaque glass. In the Victorian classical revival style. Square ribbed shaft. Socket with balustrade design on each side. Leaf swag around square foot. Some stress lines and nick corner above ribbed shaft.

Label TextGLASS FOR THE MASSES A great revolution in glassmaking technology occurred in the mid-nineteenth century: the machine press. First developed in America in the late 1820s, it was quickly adopted by the British glass industry. Machine presses required less-skilled laborers and allowed for greater productivity in the factory. Thus, glassware became less expensive for the growing consumer market. Even a middle-class home in the mid-nineteenth century could afford a complete table setting of pressed glass in a matching pattern. Pressed glass often imitated more expensive cut glass, but increasingly featured more fashionable styles or cutting-edge colors for a highly decorative effect. Designed by John Sowerby English (d. 1914) Ellison & Flint Glass Works Gateshead-on-Tyne, England Candlestick, ca. 1878 Pressed glass Museum purchase 82.146 Exhibition History"Cheers to Queen Victoria: British Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2010 - March 20, 2011.Published ReferencesC. Manley, DECORATIVE VICTORIAN GLASS, pp. 106-107, #383. Corning Catalog, PRESSED GLASS 1825-1925, #29, pp. 43 & 47. R.J. Charleston, ENGLISH GLASS, Black Edition, pl. 63d & pg. 228. ARS CERAMICA, #4, 1987, pg. 18, 1798 Whitehead catalog illus. almost a duplicate. Northern Ceramic Society NEWSLETTERS, 62 & 63, nearly an exact copy of this creamware piece made by Whitehead in the 18th century.