Dolphin Candlestick
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, American, active 1825 - 1888
Sandwich, Massachusetts
about 1860
Translucent white and translucent light green lead glass, pressed
Overall: 10 1/2 × 3 11/16 × 3 5/8 in. (26.7 × 9.4 × 9.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund and the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
2007.3.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furnishings: Lighting Device
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–July 22, 2022.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 209, no. 184.
Provenance
The New Bedford Museum of Glass, New Bedford, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2007.
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