Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candle holder
Object Number:
1952.155d
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Reddish-yellow pattern-molded glass candle holder; cylindrical form with rounded bottom and flared and folded-over rim; pattern-molded in a multi-part mold with an overall lattice pattern; pontil mark on base.
Gallery Label:
Candle holders like this, which are also known as Christmas or Vigil lights, were probably meant to hang or sit in a frame of some sort.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
