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Collection Highlights

Controller handle
1904
1922.103
Silver, steel, ceramic
Artist/Maker: Tiffany & Co.

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Candlestick

Candlestick
Object name 
Candlestick
Date 
1840-1855
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 19 x 11.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description 
Translucent green alabaster pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined with a wafer to hexagonal knop on hexagonal pedestal base.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie Sinclair)
Object Number 
1965.869a
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.