Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid
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Lamp, Whale-Oil or Burning-Fluid
ManufacturerPossibly
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
American, 1826-1888
Place of OriginUnited States
Date1835-1845
DimensionsH: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.); Base Diam: 12.0 cm (4 23/32 in.)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1969.192
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesSpillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 203, nos. 793, 794
- Glass
The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, nos. 1117, 1119 (two lamps with the same base but different fonts)
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. 345, no. 437.
1830-1840
1840-1850
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