New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Candelabrum

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1875

MediumBlown, applied, and tooled glass

DimensionsOverall: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Base: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5488

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-5, Case 34

DescriptionBlown, in form of Rose Tree; solid light green thorn stems, two side ones twist around center one ending in root-like end over applied radially ribbed with scalloped rim pink cased with clear, three clear candle sockets with projecting clear leaf bottoms and three separate "flower" cups, pink with similar clear petals fit onto socket.

Exhibition History"Cheers to Queen Victoria: British Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2010 - March 20, 2011.Published ReferencesDavis and Middlemas, COLORED GLASS, p. 106.