Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1850-1950
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Amethyst lead glass candlestick; blown and pattern molded with sixteen ribs; tooled ovoid socket with wide, flaring rim; collar at bottom of socket joined to hollow standard with two knops and an inverted baluster leading to a domed base with a wide, flaring rim with folded edge; pontil mark.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.907a
Gallery Label
The lack of wear on the base of this candlestick indicates that it may be a twentieth century reproduction of an earlier form.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
