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Object Name:

Burmese Candlestick

Maker(s):

Mt. Washington Glass Company, Maker

Place Made:

United States, MA, New Bedford

Accession Number:

50.4.325

Dimensions:

Overall H: 19.25 cm; Bobêche Diam: 8.6 cm; Foot Diam: 10.1 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1885-1890

Web Description:

Many Burmese pieces were produced in unusual or complicated shapes, with elaborate applied decoration. Despite their lack of enameled or gold decoration, they were the most expensive items on the company’s price list.

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Department:

Modern

Provenance:

McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source

1950-07-31

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Description

Primary Description:

Burmese Candlestick. Lead glass, acid finish Burmese, translucent pale lemon-yellow shading to pink; mold-blown; ribbed spheroid socket with flaring flat scalloped rim, attached by yellow merese to center of saucer bobêche with upright scalloped rim, attached by double merese to diamond-diapered baluster shaft, applied ribbed domed foot with flaring underfolded rim, smooth base; socket, bobêche and shaft, shaded -- yellow into pink; merese and foot, yellow.