Hat
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 8.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Ruby pressed glass hat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
2274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1835-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 20.3 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass candlestick with a blown socket and pressed standard and base; cylindrical socket with upturned bobeche joined by three-ringed knop to quatrefoil columnar standard on five-stepped quatrefoil base; hollow interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Fannie G. Dudley and Family
Object Number:
1957.165b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
2266
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Yellow pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.867a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
2265
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass salt; octagonal form with tapering sides; grid patterned base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.740b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
2263
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 x 1 7/8 in. ( 5.4 x 7.6 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt; trapezoidal form; crown and S-scrolls on sides and fleur-de-lys on ends, all on stippled ground; four patterned triangles on base; four feet formed from C-curves (Neal CN1a).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.739a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
2262
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt Cellar
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt; trapezoidal form; textured diamond grid on four sides and base; four paw feet (Neal SD2a).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.737b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
2261
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 23.8 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Blue lead glass candlestick pressed in single mold; hexagonal socket, hollow baluster standard, and hollow, trumpet-shaped base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.884b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
2260
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1870-1885
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 10.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Dark green pressed glass caryatid candlestick; hexagonal socket above classically-draped female figure with hand at side and at breast, on hexagonal pedestal base on hexagonal plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.215
Gallery Label:
This candlestick was designed and patented by Henry Whitney of the New England Glass Works, May 10, 1870.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
2258
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.858b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
2257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, blue dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 26.7 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Blue 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 plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.899a
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:
2256
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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