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Lamp

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1847-1855

DimensionsH: 12 19/32 in. (32.0 cm); Base W: 4 13/32 in. (11.2 cm)

MediumAlabaster glass, white font and blue standard and base

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.96

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in the same manner as 1968.40, the base in the same mold, but the font in a larger mold bearing the same acanthus pattern, in conjunction with a one-piece cylindrical mold from which the domed top was formed by reheating and tooling by the Magoun patent method. Brass collar machined and threaded, fitted with a brass adapter to mount an electrical fixture.

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. 423, no. 638, colorpl. 638, p. 255.