Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Accession Number: 
55.4.188
Dimensions: 
Overall 27.3 cm; Rim Diam: 6.5 cm; Foot Diam: 14.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
probably 1825-1850
Primary Description: 
Candlestick. Clear heavy glass with pink tinge; free blown and pattern molded; large slightly sloping foot with rough pontil mark, stemmed shaft of baluster shape surmounted by a solid double-cone having a collar at center, cylindrical socket with wide flanged rim; shaft patterned in eight-rib mold and expanded showing heavy "pillar moulding".
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-11-12
Material: