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Lamp

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 6 1/32 in. (15.3 cm); Base W: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

MediumBluish-green lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.112

Not on View

DescriptionHexagonal font with domed top and circular half ring at its base blown in a full-size female mold of three vertical sections. The moldmarks extend vertically in three of the grooves between the pattern. Joined directly to a hexagonal standard and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain hexagonal male plunger that formed the hollow interior, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the foot. No 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. 453, no. 716.