Two-part mold; opaque white body. Stepped hexagonal base; ananthus leaf design. Stem: steps surmounted by waisted bulbous column; acanthus leaf molded design. Semi-opaque blue candle socket; molded scroll decoration; joined to stem with blown white wafer.
candlesticks
glass (material)
molding (forming)
acanthus (motif)
Glass
Pressed
Acanthus
Column
CANDLESTICK
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Attributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Maker)
Sandwich, MA, USA
9.375 x 4.625 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.490.2
Massachusetts (United States)
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