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Title |
Slag Glass Chandelier |
Object Name |
Chandelier |
Description |
Slag Glass Chandelier, c. 1876. Large electric chandelier is over 4' in diameter and 5' tall. It has a large bowl textured with "scales" of slag glass in the center, surrounded by both hanging lamps and bulbs radiating out. Metal parts are guilded in a gold color, coming to a point at the top center mounted to a gold colored chain for hanging. |
Date |
c. 1876 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2006.112 |
Dimensions |
H-60 W-50 D-50 inches |
Collection |
3D - Lighting Equipment |
Provenance |
Alvinza Hayward has been called "California’s first millionaire." He had an estate in San Mateo where he dabbled in local politics and civic improvements. This chandelier was used inside Alvinza and Charity Hayward’s San Mateo mansion. |
Notes |
"'Slag glass' is a collectors' name for opaque pressed glass with coloured streaks, usually white and/or cream streaks like this brown bugle made by George Davidson's in the North East of England in the 1890's. The name derives from the belief that these colours were achieved by adding slag from iron smelting works to the glass. ... "Slag glass is commonly found in purple, less common in blue and brown and green. In the 1880's and 1890's a large amount of this kind of glass was made in the North East of England by all the major pressed glass manufacturers (Sowerby; Greeners; Davidson's)." [http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/slagglass.html 12/11/2018] |
Search Terms |
Great Estates Hayward Estate Lighting Mansions |
Subjects |
Chandeliers Estates Light Light fixtures Lighting |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Merle Wolfe |