Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.81
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.5 cm, D: 11.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1845-1865
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Translucent blue and white lead (?) glass; pressed in two parts and joined with a wafer. Flower-form socket above an hour glass shaped section ending in six panels; joined by a wafer to a standard with circular base having seven loops raised on the surface; rough pontil mark underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
"Petal & Loop"
Provenance: 
Voorhees Collection, Charles H. and Alice Wendt, Former Collection
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
Translucent blue, white
Technique: 
pressed in 2 parts, joined with a wafer