Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, CT, Westford
Accession Number: 
55.4.124 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.8 cm, Base Diam: 12.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860
Primary Description: 
Candlestick. Transparent dark amber (black) heavy and bubbly glass; wear marks; free blown and tooled; broad conical foot with rough pontil mark, hollow double knopped shaft with cylindrical socket, having thickened rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-11-12
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
amber
black
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Loan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass; for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, inc.
Venue(s)
American Art Galleries 1929-09-25 through 1929-10-09

Objects in Set (2)

2 Candlesticks
Artist:Westford Glass Works
Date:about 1860
Accession Number:55.4.124
Candlestick
Artist:Westford Glass Works
Date:about 1860
Accession Number:55.4.124 B