Candlestick
Manufacturer
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
(American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Base: 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Base: 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number83.342
Not on view
DescriptionCandlestick of canary pressed glass. Square base. Mushroom style of eight lobe scalloped interior of lower octagonally panel baluster stem. Attached with wafer to hexagonally inverted "bell-shaped" socket. Nick on bottom & more roughage and nicks on base. Stem & foot similar to lamps, GAN.59.38 & GAN.59.39 & GAN.67.9 & socket similar to several Sandwich candlesticks and new Bigler lamp; colorless with same stem & foot.Published ReferencesCorning, (Spillman), AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, #879.
Libbey Glass Co.
Libbey Glass Co.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
