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Candlestick

Candlestick
Object name 
Candlestick
Date 
1870-1900
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 11 x 4 x 4 in. ( 27.9 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description 
Colorless and frosted pressed lead glass caryatid candlestick; colorless socket with sawtooth-patterned rim and leaf-molded body on head of frosted figure of female in classical drapery holding a mallet on colorless square base with canted corners decorated with frosted floral spray.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number 
1965.864b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.