2 Candlesticks

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Object Name: 
2 Candlesticks
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
50.2.20
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1740-1760
Primary Description: 
2 Candlesticks. Colorless lead glass; blown with pattern-molded and cut parts. Long plain cylindrical sockets, composite shafts with inverted Silesian or molded shouldered-stems between ringed collars above and below ball-knops with tears, annular or ringed knop at bottoms, circular domed feet with scalloped edges and flat cutting on shoulders of domes and on flares; rough pontil marks.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
molding
cutting
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (3)

The History of Glass (1989 edition) (1989) illustrated, p. 144; BIB# 150278
The History of Glass (1984 edition) (1984) illustrated, p. 144; BIB# 22683
Treasures in Glass (1966) illustrated, pp. 50-51, #86; BIB# 28036

Objects in Set (2)

Candlestick
Date:about 1740-1760
Accession Number:50.2.20 A
Candlestick
Date:about 1740-1760
Accession Number:50.2.20 B