Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.60
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.9 cm, W: 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1840
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; pressed in two parts and joined with a wafer. Vase shaped socket with stippled rim and vertical ribbing; attached by a wafer to a square 5-step standard, ribbed on the interior; roughness inside on ribbing where pontil attached.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Voorhees Collection, Charles H. and Alice Wendt, Former Collection
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressed in two parts, joined with a wafer