Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1830-1845
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick; finely ribbed socket with stippled and beaded bobeche and lobed base on two annular knops joined by wafer to base consisting of lobed quatrefoil standard on five-stepped quatrefoil base with hollow, ribbed interior.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.862b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
