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Lamp

Place of OriginNew England or eastern United States

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.150

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DescriptionFont and hollow-knop stem blown and finished by tooling. Font joined by a large bladed knop and two wafers to the stem. Stem joined by three wafers to the stepped base. Base pressed in a plain female mold of one piece by a male plunger bearing a pattern of triangular ribs on the interior of the base. Rough pontil mark; traces remain on edge of interior opposite top of third step. Font cut with a pattern of strawberry diamonds and vesicas, with a blaze above each, alternating with squares of strawberry diamonds on end with a fan above each. Knop decorated with printies. Brass collar machined and threaded.