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

Candlestick

Manufacturer Unknown

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co.?

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Base: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.7134B

Not on view

Published ReferencesJ.S. Spillman, AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, #889, similar but with an extra central shaft and a plain foot. Barlow, THE GLASS INDUSTRY IN SANDWICH, pp. 55 & 69, shows reinforced ring inside petal top, as indication of Mt. Washington glass.