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Lamp

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 6 29/32 in. (17.55 cm); Base W: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Max Diam (font): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

MediumOpalescent white lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.119

Not on View

DescriptionFont and ring at its base blown in a full-size female mold of two vertical sections, each bearing a pattern of five printies. Joined directly to a hexagonal standard and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a female mold, probably of three vertical sections, by a ribbed male plunger with stepped shoulders that formed the hollow interior, with a cap ring that formed the underside and tapered edge of the foot. No pontil mark. Britannia-ware collar machined and threaded.

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. 454, no. 718.