Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid

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Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH 19.65 cm (7 3/4 in.); W base 10.0 cm (3 15/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.118

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DescriptionFont blown in a full-size female mold of three vertical sections in the same manner as 1964.119. Joined by a wafer to a hexagonal standard and circular foot. Standard and base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections, in conjunction with a one-piece female mold that formed the upper portion of the foot, with a cap ring that formed the underside edge of the foot, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend vertically from the bottom of the hexagonal section to the lower point of the panel above, then diagonally right to the edge of that panel, then vertically to the lower end of the arch above, then left following the curve of the arch for about one-third of its length, and vertically to the top of the standard. Brass collar machined and threaded.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., "New Discoveries in American Glass, 1760-1930," Antiques, vol. 144, December 1993, pp. 808-817, repr. p. 816, pl. XV, right; p. 817.

Wilson, 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. 452, 712, colorpl. 712, p. 259.