Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
62.4.46 B
Dimensions: 
(A,B) H: 26.4 cm, W(base): 9.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1840-1860
Primary Description: 
Greyish and light blue translucent glass; pressed. Lotiform socket of blue glass, joined by a blue wafer to a stem formed of a greyish glass dolphin with tail up on a square base, also of greyish glass.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Rose, James (1899-1975), Source
1962
Color: 
gray
light blue
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) p. 224, #876; BIB# 30457

Objects in Set (2)

2 Candlesticks
Date:about 1840-1860
Accession Number:62.4.46
Candlestick
Date:about 1840-1860
Accession Number:62.4.46 A