Collection Highlights
Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks (pair)
Object name
Candlesticks (pair)
Date
1840-1855
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
overall: 7 x 4 1/2 in.
Description
Pair of green pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal socket with wide, flat rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by a wafer to a 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
1965.886ab
Gallery Label
This candlestick is attributed to Boston & Sandwich on the basis of fragments of similar bases and sockets found on the site of the glass works.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
