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Lamp

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH 27.4 cm (10 25/32 in.); W base 9.8 cm (3 27/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.32

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DescriptionFont and double knop blown and finished by tooling, then joined by a bladed knop. Joined by a triple knop to the standard and base. Standard and base pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as ACGC, p. 331, no. 407. Font rough-ground and stone-wheel-engraved with a polished pattern of three bunches of grapes suspended from a chain of circles with stylized leaves below the chain and between the grapes and a band of ovals around the lower section. Pewter 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. 810, pl. VII, center; p. 814.

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. 332, no. 409; colorpl. 409, p. 250.