Pair of Lamps, Whale-Oil

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Pair of Lamps, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH (with burner): 9 5/32 in. (23.25 cm); H (without burner): 8 3/4 in. (22.25 cm); Base W: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass; blown, tooled, and mold-pressed. Pewter collar machined and threaded, with a double-wick pewter-and-tin holder.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.9A-B

Not on View

Collections

Glass

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