Lamp, Burning-Fluid

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Lamp, Burning-Fluid

Place of OriginNew England

DateProbably 1850-1860

DimensionsH (with wicks): 24.5 cm (9 21/32 in.); H (without wicks): 21.0 cm (8 9 /32 in.); Base W: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumSlightly purplish blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.103

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed, probably upright, in a female mold of three vertical sections that formed the scale-patterned font and plain cylinder above it, the base, and the underside of the base, by a plain male plunger that formed the hollow interior of the font, in conjunction with a second male plunger, or plug, that formed the hollow interior. The cylinder at the top was then reheated and tooled to form the domed top and lip. Moldmarks in the font extend from its base to the collar. The underside of the base was not ground or polished. No evident pontil mark. Britannia-ware collar and burner.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pp. 467-468, pl. 192, second from left

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 392, pl. 202, no. 55

Wilson, 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. 462, no. 739.