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Lamp

Place of OriginUnited States, probably New England

Date1835-1840

DimensionsH: 7 27/32 in. (19.9 cm); Base W: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.93

Not on View

DescriptionCylindrical font blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a cushion knop to the base. Base pressed in a female mold of four vertical sections by a male plunger that formed the hollow interior, undersurface of the base, and the slight beveled edge around the exterior. Pewter collar machined and threaded.

Published ReferencesKnittle, Rhea Mansfield, Early American Glass, New York, Century, 1927, pl. 54, top left (base probably pressed in same mold).

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. 334, no. 415.