Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Candlestick
Object Number:
1965.879a
Date:
1865-1895
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 26 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed lead glass candlestick 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.
