Collection Highlights
French press
1812-1819
1943.368
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar, white pine, brass, plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1830-1845
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 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 with pontil mark.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.862a
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
