Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
2009.3.102
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.2 cm; Foot Diam: 14.7 cm; Rim Diam: 4.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1700
Primary Description: 
Candlestick. Colorless, with grayish tinge. Blown; tooled. Cylindrical socket with infolded rim and flanged base; joined by merese to flattened blown ball knop above second merese and blown inverted baluster; attached by glue-bit to flattened blown ball knop that is joined by merese to high double-domed and waisted foot with outfolded rim.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Crabtree, Christopher J., Former Collection
Bonhams, Source
2009-12-21
Fine British and European glass; Paperweights (2009) illustrated, #133; BIB# 112740