Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks (pair)
Object name
Candlesticks (pair)
Date
1850-1950
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
each: 9 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Pair of amethyst lead glass candlesticks; 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
1965.907ab
Gallery Label
The lack of wear on the base of these candlesticks indicates that they may be twentieth century reproductions of an earlier form.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
