Lamp, Whale-Oil
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Lamp, Whale-Oil
Place of OriginProbably Eastern United States
Date1830-1840
DimensionsH (with burner): 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm); H (without burner): 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Base W: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1969.184
Not on View
DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a multiribbed knop to a short quadruple-rib stem and base. Stem and base pressed upside down, probably in a one-piece female mold, by a ribbed male plunger of pointed quatrefoil cross section that formed the hollow interior of the base and part of the stem and the underside of the base. Faint, rough pontil mark on interior of base. Brass 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. 328, no. 401.
1835-1840
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