Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
1951.414c
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1865-1895
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 26 x 12.1 cm )
Description
Opaque white pressed lead glass candlestick in the shape of a crucifix; socket molded with scrolls and flame motifs above cross with figure of Christ on domed base in the shape of a rock above ribbed band.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.879a
Gallery Label
Several companies made crucifix candlesticks in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
