Lamp

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 6 11/16 in. (17.0 cm); Base W: 2 1/4 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass; blown, tooled, mold-pressed, stone wheel engraved. Stamped brass collar, possibly a later replacement.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.5

Not on View

DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a triple knop to a pressed stem and base. Base pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold that formed the hexagonal stem and interior of the base by a tapered cylindrical male plunger to create the fine ribbing on the interior with a shoulder on its upper part that impressed a five-petal floret in each corner of the underside of the base and another shoulder that formed the underside of the perimeter. Slight pontil mark on interior of base opposite top step. Underside of base ground by a stone wheel. Font stone-wheel-engraved with a matte pattern of meandering vine and stylized flowers.

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. 323, no. 388.