Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object Number:
1952.184
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 14.9 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Dark amber blown glass candlestick; deep cylindrical socket on hollow stem with three tooled knops; hollow, slightly domed foot with pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
This candlestick was probably made in a Connecticut or New Hamshire bottleglass house, and proves that bottleglass houses continued to make refined forms from common glass batches (see publications).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
