Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object Number:
1965.880a
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.
Gallery Label:
Several companies made crucifix candlesticks in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
