Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
86.4.170
Dimensions: 
H: 23.6 cm, W (foot): 9.3 x 9.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1840-1860
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Primary Description: 
Light yellow-green opalescent lead (?) glass; pressed in two parts. Petal form candle socket with six petals around hole for candle; baluster section below socket ending in six petals; attached by wafer to a hollow columnar pressed stem with a two step square plinth, rough pontil mark underneath.

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Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Herpst Estate, Martha J., Source
Color: 
Light yellow-green opalescence
Technique: 
pressed in two parts