Pair of Lamps, Burning-Fluid

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Pair of Lamps, Burning-Fluid

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH (with wick tubes): 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.); Base W: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

MediumTransparent sapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.69A-B

Not on View

DescriptionFont and base are in the same pattern as ACGC, p. 444, no. 691 and made in the same manner, but in different molds with minor variations, including the following: (1) there is no short cylindrical pressed stem below the cushion knop; (2) the vertical moldmarks terminate at the top of the block pattern instead of extending slightly upward; (3) the dome was formed from a cylinder in the manner of the Magoun patent of 1847, but the vertical, opposing moldmarks on standard and plinth terminate to the left of the chamfered corner; and (4) on the interior of the base there are larger diagonals at the corners. Slight pontil mark around edge of hollow standard. Pewter collar machined and threaded, fitted with pewter-and-brass double-wick burner for burning-fluid.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 389, pl. 197, no. 6.

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. 445, no. 695.