Hand lamp or "Veilleuse"
Hand lamp or "Veilleuse"
Place of OriginContinental Europe, possibly France
Date1800-1830
DimensionsH: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Base Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumColorless glass; blown, applied, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Jacqueline Foster
Object number
2005.37
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DescriptionGlobular oil font with short, solid stem fused into a saucer-shaped drip plate above a hollow stem shaped like an hour-glass, followed by a wide, slightly domed foot with a fire-polished rim. The C-shaped handle is applied to the widest parts of the hourglass stem and has an applied thumb rest. Rough pontil mark underneath the base.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Jacqueline Bellanger, Verre d'usage et de prestige: France, 1500-1800, Paris, 1988, p. 464.
Late 19th century
Late 17th century - early 18th century
Late 17th century - early 18th century
about 1700
4th Century
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