Candlestick

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Object Name:

Candlestick

Department

American

Maker(s)

Union Glass Company, Factory

Place Made:

United States

Color

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amber

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      - amber (ref)

Technique

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blown glass

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      - glass (ref)
        blown glass (ref)

hot-worked

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grinding

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  - grinding (ref)

Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 9.8 cm, Diam (max): 11.5 cm

Accession Number:

2011.4.155

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Light amber glass blown, hot-worked and ground. Candlestick has wide foot, short knopped stem and flared rim that slopes downward. Pontil has been ground flat.

Provenance

Jones, Dorothy Lee, Source to 2011-12-07

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