Lamp, Whale-Oil

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Lamp, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginProbably eastern United States

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH (with wicks): 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); H (without wicks): 6 9/32 in. (16.0 cm); Base W: 3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm); Base Diagonal: 4 11/32 in. (11.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.136

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DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Applied short tooled stem ending in a cushion knop. Joined directly to the stem of the stepped base. Base pressed upside down in a plain one-piece female mold by a male plunger that created the vertical ribs on the interior and also the flat perimeter of the base. No cap ring. Traces of a rough pontil mark on the interior of the base. Font cut with a pattern of three swags, three tassels, and three eight-pointed stars. Pewter collar with screw thread and pewter-and-tin double-wick whale-oil burner.

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. 202, no. 201.