Candlestick
This candlestick is a reproduction of dolphin-shaped, opaque, pressed glass candlesticks made in Sandwich, Massachusetts during the nineteenth century. Produced in Czechoslovakia, a Boston department store sold this candlestick and its mate. The candlesticks were not originally produced or sold as antique objects but as merchandise which took advantage of the popularity of colonial style artifacts in the 1920s.
(See 57.131.5, .6 for pair.)
(See 57.131.5, .6 for pair.)
Artwork Details
- Title:Candlestick
- Date:ca. 1920s
- Geography:Made in Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Culture:American
- Medium:Pressed opaque green and white glass
- Dimensions:H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
- Credit Line:Bequest of Anna G. W. Green, in memory of her husband, Dr. Charles W. Green, 1957
- Object Number:57.131.5
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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ca. 1920s
ca. 1910
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