Collection Highlights
The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks (pair)
Object name
Candlesticks (pair)
Date
1850-1950
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
each: 8 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 20.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description
Pair of amethyst lead glass candlesticks; 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
1965.906ab
Gallery Label
The lack of wear and the lack of a pontil mark indicate that these may be twentieth century copies of an earlier form.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
