Candlestick with Dolphin Shaft

Object Name: 
Candlestick with Dolphin Shaft

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Object Name: 
Candlestick with Dolphin Shaft
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
50.4.234 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.75 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1850-1880
Primary Description: 
Probably lead glass, opaque white; pressed in two pieces; twelve paneled ovoid socket with scalloped rim and round collar at bottom above short shank, attached by merese to standard having S-scrolled dolphin shaft on stepped circular scalloped base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
white
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1954-06-21 through 1954-09-15

Publications (3)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint Glass (2005) illustrated, p. 62, Fig. 3-27; BIB# 88066
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 280, second from left; BIB# 22375
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) p. 224, #874; BIB# 30457

Objects in Set (2)

2 Candlesticks with Dolphin Shaft
Artist:Mt. Washington Glass Company
Date:1850-1880
Accession Number:50.4.234
Candlestick with Dolphin Shaft
Artist:Mt. Washington Glass Company
Date:1850-1880
Accession Number:50.4.234 A