Collection Highlights
Keg with stand from Erie Canal celebration
ca. 1825
X.48
Wood, metal, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object name
Candlestick
Date
1865-1880
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 in. ( 29.2 x 12.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Yellow-green pressed lead glass candlestick in the shape of a crucifix; hexagonal socket on cross with figure of Christ on hexagonal pedestal base on hexagonal plinth.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.880a
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.
