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Lamp

Place of OriginEastern United States

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 6 7/16 in. (16.35 cm); Base W: 2 19/32 in. (6.6 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.7

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DescriptionJoined by a triple-ribbed cushion knop to an eight-paneled stem above a tier of three rounded steps above a square plinth with lobed corners and a shallow scallop on each side. Base pressed upside down in a plain female mold by a male plunger of circular cross section, tapered and with triangular ribs that formed the stem and base and with a square cross section at its upper end that formed the hollow square and underside of the perimeter of the base. Slight pontil mark.

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. 322, no. 385.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).