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

Candlestick

Manufacturer Challinor, Taylor & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1886

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5185

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DescriptionCandlestick of pressed purple slag glass. Fluted with a dome base and a bulbous stem. Marbleized amethyst. Mosaic glassware, patented 6/1/1886. One of a pair, see 71.5186.

Exhibition HistoryEast Side Window, 1959. Published ReferencesInnes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, pg. 406-412.