Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid

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Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid

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

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm); Base W: 4 23/32 in. (12.0 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.1

Not on View

DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a ribbed knop to the base. Base pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as the base of 1990.92. Traces of a rough pontil mark on inner edge of base. Font stone-wheel-engraved with an unpolished pattern of three bunches of grapes below and three floral motifs above a meandering vine. Pewter 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. 327, no. 396.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).