Lamp, Whale-Oil

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Lamp, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginUnited States, New England

Date1820-1830

DimensionsH 25.8 cm (10 5/32 in.); W base 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.102B

Not on View

DescriptionMade in the same manner as 1964.102A, a lamp of the same form, but the plinth of this base is thicker, and the lemon-squeezer pattern on the interior has twenty-four rounded flutes terminating in a small central boss. Underside of base partly ground to level it.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 290, no. 323.