Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlesticks (pair)
Object Number:
1965.879ab
Date:
1865-1895
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Description:
Pair of opaque white pressed lead glass candlesticks in the shape of a crucifix; socket molded with scrolls and flame motifs above cross with figure of Christ on domed base in the shape of a rock above ribbed band.
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.
