Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 in. ( 20 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blown glass candlestick; socket and standard are a single blown piece; socket has flaring rim decending to tooled annular knop above plain knop; holow, cylindrical standard with collars above and below mounted on pair of knops; solid, circular stepped base.
Object Number:
1965.883b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25099
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 7/8 x 4 in. ( 20 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Pair of cobalt blown glass candlesticks; socket and standard are a single blown piece; socket has flaring rim decending to tooled annular knop above plain knop; holow, cylindrical standard with collars above and below mounted on pair of knops; solid, circular stepped base.
Object Number:
1965.883ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25098
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25097
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 7 x 4 1/4 in.
Description:
Pair of greenish yellow pressed lead glass candlesticks with dolphin standard; hexagonal socket and baluster stem; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on hexagonal base with incurving sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.225ab
Gallery Label:
Due to the popularity of dolphin candlesticks, glass houses began to manufacture them in a variety of colors and with a range of different bases and sockets. Dolphin lamps and dishes were also produced. Because of their popularity among modern collectors, they have also been produced in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1865-1895
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Description:
Pair of opaque white pressed lead glass candlesticks 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:
1965.879ab
Gallery Label:
Several companies made crucifix candlesticks in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
25095
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Greenish yellow pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; hexagonal socket and baluster stem; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on hexagonal base with incurving sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.225b
Gallery Label:
Due to the popularity of dolphin candlesticks, glass houses began to manufacture them in a variety of colors and with a range of different bases and sockets. Dolphin lamps and dishes were also produced. Because of their popularity among modern collectors, they have also been produced in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25094
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 16.2 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass goblet with ogee-shaped bowl with six vertical panels with arched tops around sides, stem with two faceted ball knops, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.128b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this object belonged to Frederic de Peyster (1790-1882).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25093
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 16.2 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass goblet with ogee-shaped bowl with six vertical panels with arched tops around sides, stem with two faceted ball knops, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.128a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this object belonged to Frederic de Peyster (1790-1882).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25092
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 16.8 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead-glass goblet; bucket-shaped bowl joined by inverted baluster knop to pedestal base with pontil mark; engraved on one side of bowl an eagle above 2 birds above a domed building all superimposed on a ring of stars, on the other side the inscription "REPEAL OF THE 18TH AMENDMENT 1933."
Credit Line:
Gift of Gilbert Bergen
Object Number:
1973.34b
Marks:
engraved: on bowl; "REPEAL OF THE/ 18TH/ AMENDMENT/ 1933"
printed: underside of base; "REPEAL GLASS/ VERNAY/ MADE IN ENGLAND"
Gallery Label:
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, Prohibition, was repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
25091
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblets (3)
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 6 1/8 x 3 in. ( 15.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Set of three colorless pressed glass goblets with bucket-shaped bowl with four wide vertical ribs and narrow bands of diagonal ribbing one inch below rim and at base, double-baluster stem with central knop with horizontal ribbing, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.356a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25090
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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