//
For internal use only
Not On Display
Candlestick (Taper stick)
Caspar Wistar
1765-1782
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Caspar Wistar (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; Salem; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1977.0017
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumford II
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1977.0017
Object Name
Candlestick (Taper stick)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Caspar Wistar (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; Salem; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1765-1782
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Remains of paper label with ink inscription, [Blown] at C[asper] [Wistar]s glassh[ous]e ab[ou]t [17]30
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Blown
Dimensions (inches)
4.37 (H) x 2.62 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.11 (H) x 6.67 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 283, p. 300; pl. 15Catalogue: Palmer, Arlene. 1989 The Wistars and Their Glass, 1739- 1777.
• Published: fig. 24, p. 24Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 1980 In praise of America : American decorative arts, 1650-1830; fifty years of discovery since the 1929 Girl Scouts loan exhibition.
• Published: pl. 7, p. 44Article: Lanmon, Dwight P. & Palmer, Arlene. 1976 "The New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung". Journal of American Glass Studies. 18
• Published: fig. 3, p.16