Two-part mold pressed opaque white "clambroth" body. Stepped hexagonal base with acanthus leaf. Columnar stem with acanthus leaf motif. Conforming semi-opaque cerulean blue candle socket joined to stem with blown white wafer.
candlesticks
glassblowing
glass (material)
molding (forming)
acanthus (motif)
Classical
Glass
Pressed
Acanthus
Column
Classical
Blown
CANDLESTICK
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
9.5 x 4.625 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.444.1
Massachusetts (United States)
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