Collection Highlights
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1840-1855
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Yellow pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. Macdonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.867b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
