Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns

Object Name: 
Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns

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Object Name: 
Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
85.4.4 E
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 34 cm; Base Diam 14.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1920-1923
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns. Black, white non-lead glass; blown, acid-etched and engraved. One of five-part candlestick with pear-shaped socket having a flat rim edged with a thread of white; applied capstan-shaped section; applied baluster stem; applied capstan shaped section; applied bell-shaped foot; acid-etched design of ribbons and flowers on stem and foot; engraved band of dots above and below decoration on foot; rough pontil mark underneath; ground and polished foot rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Cameo Baskets
Provenance: 
Sinclaire, Esther (Mrs. Morgan), Source
1985-01-31
Sinclaire, Morgan, Source
1985-01-31
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
black
white
Technique: 
glassblowing
acid-etching
engraving
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Masterpieces of American Glass
Venue(s)
Museum of Applied Arts 1990-07-27 through 1990-09-02
State Hermitage Museum 1990-09-15 through 1990-10-21
Museum of the State Institute of Glass 1990-11-02 through 1991-01-04

Objects in Set (5)

Centerpiece Bowl and Four Candlesticks in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns
Artist:H. P. Sinclaire and Company
Date:1920-1923
Accession Number:85.4.4
Centerpiece Bowl in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns
Artist:H. P. Sinclaire and Company
Date:1920-1923
Accession Number:85.4.4 A
 
Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns
Artist:H. P. Sinclaire and Company
Date:1920-1923
Accession Number:85.4.4 B
Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns
Artist:H. P. Sinclaire and Company
Date:1920-1923
Accession Number:85.4.4 C
 
Candlestick in "Cameo Baskets" and "Engraved Flowers" Patterns
Artist:H. P. Sinclaire and Company
Date:1920-1923
Accession Number:85.4.4 D