Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object Number:
1965.862a
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick; finely ribbed socket with stippled and beaded bobeche and lobed base on two annular knops joined by wafer to base consisting of lobed quatrefoil standard on five-stepped quatrefoil base with hollow, ribbed interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
