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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Candlestick
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Candlestick

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1840
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Base: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1147A
On View
Not on view
DescriptionCandlestick of clear glass with a deep blown socket with a slightly flaring rim. Solid cylindrical shaft attached by triple mereses to a pressed hollow paneled and stepped lower shaft and square bottom with curved corners.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1830-1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1845-1855
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1830-1835
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1855-1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ellison & Flint Glass Works
ca. 1878