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

DescriptionCandlestick of clear yellow tinted pressed glass. Nine round panel socket. Scalloped rim with a circular indented top attached by wafer to the nine round paneled waisted flaring stem and round foot with sawtooth diamond design on bottom. Top has reinforced ring inside petals. Wide "fin" around scalloped rim. One of a pair, see 71.7134A.

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.