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Lamp

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 6 21/32 in. (16.95 cm); Base W: 2 25/32 in. (7.05 cm)

MediumColorless glass; font blown and finished by tooling; mold-pressed. Pewter collar machined and threaded.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.6

Not on View

DescriptionJoined by a double wafer to an eight-ribbed stem above a tier of three circular steps above a square plinth with lobed corners. Base pressed in the same type of mold (but smaller) and in the same manner as 1966.9. Rough pontil mark around inner edges of square base.

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. 387.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).