Candlestick

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Object Name: 
Candlestick
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
99.4.81
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22 cm; Diam: 10.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1825-1830
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Gladys M. and Harry A. Snyder Memorial Trust
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, pressed. Cylindrical socket with everted top rim, 3 spherical knops, disk knop below, applied pressed circular foot with interior and exterior ribbing, rough pontil mark inside.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Source
1999-02-05
Snyder Memorial Trust, Gladys M. and Harry A., Source
1999-02-05
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Pressed, Applied
pressing

Publications (4)

Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co. (2004) illustrated, pp. 176-178, Cat. 89; BIB# 86568
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1999 (2000) pp. 11, 17; ill. p. 11; BIB# AI95008
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 43, #54, second from left; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 42 (2000) illustrated, p. 187, fig. 21, center; BIB# AI49427