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Lamp

ManufacturerPossibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1830-1850

DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.8

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DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Short everted neck. Joined by a tooled cylindrical stem, flaring out at its base, to an applied slightly tooled domed foot. Rough, solid pontil mark.

Published ReferencesRussell, Loris S., A Heritage of Light, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1967, p. 148, fig. 71 (same form of lamp, with a brass collar and kerosene burner, but of a later date, about 1855-60)

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. 189, no. 167.