Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid

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Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid

ManufacturerProbably Union Flint Glass Works (American, 1826-1844)

Date1835-1844

DimensionsH: 10 in. (25.4 cm); Base W: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.72A

Not on View

DescriptionFlattened globular font and standard blown and finished by tooling, then joined by double-bladed knop. Joined by a bladed knop to the elaborate base. Stem and base pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as 1964.72B. Font cut with a pattern of four pairs of balloon-like motifs with a stylized palm tree between pairs. Brass collar machined and threaded.

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. 341, no. 430.