Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
2006.4.102
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.5 cm, Diam (max): 14 cm.
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1869-1870
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Arthur W. Guenther Fund (in Memory of Imogen Ireson Guenther) and Welker Fund for Pressed Patterned American Glass
Primary Description: 
Transparent bright blue glass; pressed; pewter insert. Pressed in one piece with Christian cross pattern on the flat stem, a circular base and a cylindrical pewter socket with a flattened rim. Inscribed "PATD PENDING" and "RIPLEY & CO." on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Delmarva Acquisitions & Appraisals Inc., Source
2006-04-10
Inscription: 
RIPLY & CO. / PATD PENDING
inscription
: 
Pressed Underside of base.

Publications (1)

Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) p. 64-65 (fig. 21 in blue, left and right); BIB# 19272