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Candlesticks (pair)

Candlesticks (pair)
Object name 
Candlesticks (pair)
Date 
1870-1900
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
each: 11 x 4 x 4 in.
Description 
Pair of colorless and frosted pressed lead glass caryatid candlesticks; 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 
1965.864ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.