November 20, 2025: Fall Premier Americana: Day One
Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc. info@jeffreysevans.com
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RARE WHEELING, VIRGINIA (NOW WEST VIRGINIA) PRESSED TOWER FIGURAL CANDLESTICK, cobalt blue lead glass, octagonal socket raised on a square tapered standard and base molded with dressed stone blocks, single-piece construction, factory polished under base. Probably Barnes, Hobbs & Co./Hobbs & Barnes; possibly T. Sweeney & Son, Wheeling, WV. Circa 1856. 9 7/8" H, 3 1/2" SQ base.
Catalogue Note: This represents a previously unrecorded cobalt blue example of this extremely rare candlestick. We have sold only one colorless example, from the Dr. Larry McCallister collection, 9/27/2014, lot 320. The Museum of American Glass in West Virginia has a pair in light green on display.
This candlestick was produced to commemorate the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, likely upon its reopening in 1856. At the time of its original opening in 1849, the bridge was the first to span the Ohio River and the largest suspension bridge in the world. The Daily Wheeling Gazette reported on October 1, 1849, "We have seen the stones laid one upon another, and like the workman who builds himself to the top of the highest tower, we scarcely appreciate the work we have done...Wonderful as the age is, this is truly one of its most wonderful and majestic works." The suspension part of the bridge was destroyed by a tornado in 1854 and rebuilt upon the same stone masonry, reopening in 1856.
The firm of Barnes, Hobbs & Co., advertised themselves in 1856 as "Flint & Fancy Colored Glass Manufacturers" and noted "...they are now prepared to execute orders for Flint and Fancy Colored Glass, in all varieties of Cut, Plain, Moulded, and Fire Polished."
Excellent condition for the form, minor flake and small open bubble to the socket, the standard with a sliver chip and several flakes to the corners, the base with a chip and several flakes to the upper corners, and two spalls to one side of the lower edge.
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