Pair of Lamps

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Pair of Lamps

Place of OriginUnited States, possibly New England

Date1847-1860

DimensionsH: 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm); Base W: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)

MediumDeep blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.79A-B

Not on View

DescriptionOctagonal font and short octagonal stem pressed, probably in a one-piece female mold, in conjunction with a plain one-piece cylindrical mold from which the domed top and lip for the collar were formed by reheating and tooling, by the Magoun patent method, by a plain male plunger. Joined by a wafer to a short hexagonal stem and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger, in the same manner as that used for 1965.61 and 1965.34 but probably in a different mold. Slight evidence of pontil mark on outer edge of base. Brass collar machined and threaded.

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. 442, no. 687.