Lamp, Whale-Oil
Manufacturer: Probably Union Flint Glass Works (American, 1826-1844)
Date: 1826-1835; globe and attachment: probably 1835-1845
Dimensions:
H (with globe): 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); H (without globe): 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.); Base W: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Diam (globe): 10. 7 cm (4 3/16 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number: 1964.74
DescriptionGlobular font and standard blown and finished by tooling, then joined by two wafers. Joined by two wafers to the base. Base pressed by a hand press in a one-piece female mold that formed the short stem, quadruple dome, upper-exterior surface, and sides by a male plunger with sixteen bold triangular ribs that formed the lemon-squeezer pattern on the interior and underside of the base and the four square feet at the corners. Rough, solid pontil mark at center of base. Font cut with a pattern of strawberry-diamond vesicas with upright and inverted fans between them. Standard cut with a band of chevrons.
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