Pair of Lamps, Burning-Fluid

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Pair of Lamps, Burning-Fluid

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

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH (with burners): 33.1 cm (13 1/32 in.); Base W: 10.8 cm (4 1/14 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.96A-B

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DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a bladed knop and three wafers to a blown, tooled inverted baluster stem. Joined by a bladed knop and two wafers to the base. Base pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as 1966.109. Underside of base ground and semipolished; no trace of the pontil mark remains. Font cut with nine flats. Pewter collar machined and threaded; threaded cap with two brass wick holders and brass chain attached to two pewter snuffers.

Published ReferencesBarlow, Raymond E. and Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, ed. Lloyd C. Nickerson, 3 vols., Windham, N.H., authors, vol. 2, 1989, p. 72, no. 2066.

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. 327, no. 397.