2 Tapersticks

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Object Name: 
2 Tapersticks
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
50.2.19
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1760
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown. Two tapersticks. Long slender cylindrical sockets with heavy folded rims and two rings at bottoms, composite shafts: button-knop, long tight opaque white spiral, ringed-knop, and ball-knop with tears. Wide, domed and terraced foot, rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01

Publications (1)

Treasures in Glass (1966) p. 47, #81; BIB# 28036

Objects in Set (2)

Taperstick
Date:about 1760
Accession Number:50.2.19 A
Taperstick
Date:about 1760
Accession Number:50.2.19 B