Baluster Candlestick in "Teardrop" Pattern

Object Name: 
Baluster Candlestick in "Teardrop" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Baluster Candlestick in "Teardrop" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2009.4.105 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22 cm, Diam: 10.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
designed in 1937
Credit Line: 
Gift of The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Primary Description: 
Baluster Candlestick in "Teardrop" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown, tooled, applied. Candlestick has wide flared foot joined to a larger knop stem with tear drop shaped airtrap, which widens again to stepped neck and flared candle cup, with a turned-down rim. Rough pontil on inside base with "Steuben" engraved in cursive around bottom of foot. Steuben design no. 7746.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Teardrop
Provenance: 
American College, Source
2009-11-25
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
applied
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Steuben
signature
: 
engraved bottom foot

Publications (1)

Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) illustrated, p. 342; BIB# 21935

Objects in Set (2)

Baluster Candlestick in "Teardrop" Pattern
Artist:Sellew, F. B.
Date:designed in 1937
Accession Number:2009.4.105 B
2 Baluster Candlesticks in "Teardrop" Pattern
Artist:Sellew, F. B.
Date:designed in 1937
Accession Number:2009.4.105