Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Place Made: 
Ireland
Accession Number: 
51.2.222 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.3 cm; Base Diam: 8.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1800-1825
Primary Description: 
Colorless, presumably lead glass; blown and cut. Short panel-cut cylindrical socket with broad flat collar at base, applied short stem of two knops -- large hollow ball knop with medial band of cut diamonds between horizontal ribs and above an angular knop --, applied flat circular foot with rayed band on base and smooth polished center.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1951-04-23
Davis, Cecil, Former Collection
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut

Publications (2)

Irish Glass: Waterford-Cork-Belfast in the Age of Exuberance (1981) illustrated, p. 113, pl 72 left; BIB# 21932
Irish Glass: The Age of Exuberance (1970) illustrated, pl. 35B left; BIB# 27243

Objects in Set (2)

2 Candlesticks
Date:about 1800-1825
Accession Number:51.2.222
Candlestick
Date:about 1800-1825
Accession Number:51.2.222 B