Candlestick
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1830-1840
MediumBlown glass | Pressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Base: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Base: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number84.53
Not on view
DescriptionCandlestick of blown and pressed colorless glass. Blown bobeche top. Deep cylindrical shaft attached by multiple mereses to hollow baluster shaft on multiple mereses to pressed tulip step "square" curved corner & waisted center foot. Fluted (ribbed) inside. Two flakes on bottom & a few nicks.Published ReferencesSpillman, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, #801, for all but foot & 799 & 800 similar foot. McKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, pl. 191, #5 identical. Innes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, fig. 237 called probably Pittsburgh area. In Ford Collection.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
