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Black-Amethyst Sinumbra Lamp
Manufacturer: New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date: 1830-1835
Dimensions:
17 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (44.5 × 17.1 cm)
Medium: Translucent dark amethyst glass appearing black, pressed, with patinated copper alloy (brass) fittings and iron alloy lamp mechanism, a blown transparent colorless glass shade, ground and wheel-cut, and a transparent blown glass chimney (replaced).
Place of Origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
Object number: 2016.214
DescriptionThe Black-Amethyst Sinumbra Lamp features a pressed glass plinth base that leads to a blown classical revival column stem which is hollow and has air-intake holes. A ring-shaped brass cream-colored painted metal ring-shaped font with filler hole, the Argand burner, is attached to the glass base with plaster. The shade, with its outer surface roughened by grinding and a design of flowers and leaves cut through the roughening, rests on the metal font. The chimney is blown of clear glass and extends beyond the top of the shade.
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