Candlestick: dolphin base, amber-clear
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 28.3 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; colorless hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to amber dolphin standard mounted on stepped plinth with incurving pedistal with swags.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.898a
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:
23996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.897b
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:
23995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; (missing) hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.897a
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:
23994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Pale yellow pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.896b
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:
23993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, yellow dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Pale yellow pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.896a
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:
23992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: purple
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 27 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.895b
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:
23991
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: purple
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 27 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.895a
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:
23990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (10)
Classification:
Date:
1835-1860
Medium:
Glass
Description:
Collection of ten colorless lead glass oil lamps.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916a-j
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1835-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 24.8 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass oil lamp; small, spherical font encircled with band of cut ovals; bobeche attaches to hollow, pressed columnar stem and trumpet-shaped base; pressed decoration consists of bands of diagonal lobes around top and bottom of column and around rim of base, ribs on column, and six stylized leaves radiate out from base of column.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916a
Marks:
written: in ink on paper label affixed beneath base: "S"
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp: twin wick w/caps
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; hexagonal font with domed top pressed with alternating decoration on panels consisting of a circle and a star within a circle, and a star within an oval; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal base; brass collar and cap with splayed wick tubes with caps.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley and family
Object Number:
1957.167a
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
23986
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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