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Lamp

Place of OriginPossibly New England

Date1850-1860

DimensionsH: 9 1/32 in. (22.9 cm); Base W: 3 15/32 in. (8.8 cm)

MediumDeep purple lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.80

Not on View

DescriptionFont probably blown and finished by tooling. Cut with eight flat flutes. Joined by a heavy cushion knop to an octagonal standard on a square plinth with chamfered corners. Standard and plinth pressed upside down in a female mold of two sections that formed the standard and upper surface of the plinth, the mold opening along two opposite corners of the standard as indicated by two faint moldmarks on the upper surface of the plinth, in conjunction with a one-piece female mold, square with chamfered corners, that formed the sides and corners of the plinth, by a male plunger, or plug, of domed and square form, the dome with eight large rounded ribs that formed the hollow interior of the plinth. Slight pontil mark around edge of ribs. Undersurface of edge of base ground and polished. Brass collar, possibly stamped, but with threads cut by a tap.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 389, pl. 198, no. 10 (same type of base, but this lamp appears heavier and bolder).

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. 442, no. 688.