Candlestick
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:
1952.225a
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:
25061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
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:
1965.879b
Gallery Label:
Several companies made crucifix candlesticks in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
25060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: horseshoe on bottom
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 5 in. ( 5.4 x 20.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass dish; oblong shape with beading and egg and dart border around rim, leaf and flower motif on long sides, a narrow band of vertical ribs above base, and a horseshoe in the center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.341
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25059
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
25058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 x 4 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of blue 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:
1952.226ab
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:
25057
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, blue dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Blue 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:
1952.226b
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:
25056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: blue dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/4 in. ( 17.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Blue 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:
1952.226a
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:
25055
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Small dish
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge formed by points; geometric pattern radiating from center of well to edge of dish, with alternating clear and stippled wedges.
Object Number:
INV.13398
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25054
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Light blue pressed lead glass candlestick; socket with bobeche on cylindrical standard on domed foot decorated with a swirled pattern in relief.
Object Number:
INV.12450b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25053
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Small dish
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge formed by points; geometric pattern radiating from center of well to edge of dish, with alternating clear and stippled wedges.
Object Number:
INV.13397
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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