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Lamp

ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

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

Dateabout 1830-1845

DimensionsH: 22.6 cm (8 29/32 in.); Base W: 10.2 cm (4 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.41

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DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a finely ribbed knop to a stepped base. Base machine pressed upside down in female mold by a plain male plunger. Rough ground on the underside, with no evidence of a pontil mark. Font cut with a pattern of unpolished swags and tassels with a border above and a series of polished flats of alternate heights below. 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. 336, no. 422.