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Candlestick: purple

Candlestick: purple
Object name 
Candlestick: purple
Date 
1850-1950
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 20.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description 
Amethyst lead glass candlestick; blown cylindrical socket with flaring rim; collar at bottom of socket joined to solid dumbell-shaped standard with spherical knop at top and slightly angular knop at bottom; circular base.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number 
1965.906a
Gallery Label 
The lack of wear and the lack of a pontil mark indicate that this may be a twentieth century copy of an earlier form.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.