2 Candlesticks

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Object Name: 
2 Candlesticks
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably NY, Redford
Accession Number: 
55.4.168
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1831-1850
Primary Description: 
2 Candlesticks. Transparent pale aquamarine glass; free blown and tooled; thick flat foot with rough pontil mark, shaft consisting of hollow inverted baluster between graduated rings (baluster of B considerably larger than baluster of A), high socket with straight-sided bobeche.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-11-12
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
aquamarine
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Loan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass; for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, inc.
Venue(s)
American Art Galleries 1929-09-25 through 1929-10-09

Objects in Set (2)

Candlestick
Artist:Redford Glass Works
Date:about 1831-1850
Accession Number:55.4.168 A
Candlestick
Artist:
Date:about 1831-1850
Accession Number:55.4.168 B