Collection Highlights
Donner Lake From the Summit
1873
1909.16
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1870-1900
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 4 x 4 in. ( 27.9 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Colorless and frosted pressed lead glass caryatid candlestick; colorless socket with sawtooth-patterned rim and leaf-molded body on head of frosted figure of female in classical drapery holding a palette and brush on square base with canted corners decorated with floral spray.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.864a
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
