PRESSED CRUCIFIX CANDLESTICK, translucent soft powder blue, having an octagonal socket above a crucifix standard embossed "INRI" at the top, and raised on a hexagonal base, single-piece construction. New England Glass Co., and others. 1870-1890. 10" H, 3 5/8" D base.
Literature: Parallels Spillman - American and European Pressed Glass, fig. 1108, center.
Provenance:
From the important 40-year collection of James Carusello, Waterbury, CT.
Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 10/18/2008, lot 124 (retains auction label).
Ex-collection of Duff & Molly Allen (retains collection label).
Ex-collection of Jo and Mike Sullivan, 6/19/1984.
Undamaged, except for a light bruise to the reverse of the cross base, exhibits a slightly refracting annealing line to the side of the cross, as made.
























