Artist/Maker
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company
(active 1825 - 1888)
Candlestick
1840-1855
Place madeUnited States, North America
ProbablySandwich, Massachusetts
Glass
Overall: 7 x 4 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 11.4 cm )
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
1965.886a
This candlestick is attributed to Boston & Sandwich on the basis of fragments of similar bases and sockets found on the site of the glass works.
DescriptionGreen pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with wide, flat rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by a wafer to a hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.ClassificationsGLASS