Votive Light

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Object Name: 
Votive Light
Place Made: 
United States
England
Accession Number: 
86.2.35
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.6 cm; Rim Diam: 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1800-1870
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Primary Description: 
Deep green non-lead glass; mold-blown. Bag shaped rim folded in; patterned in a diamond mold (13 diamonds in a horizontal row); rounded base with rough pontil mark in center.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Herpst Estate, Martha J., Former Collection
1986-07-31
Serra, Anne, Former Collection
1923-11
Temple, Jacob Paxson, Former Collection
1923-11
Color: 
deep green
Technique: 
Mold Blown