Lamp, Whale-Oil

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Lamp, Whale-Oil

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

Place of OriginNew England

Date1825-1830

DimensionsH (with burner): 13 in. (33.0 cm); H (without burner): 12 11/16 in. (32.2 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.162

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DescriptionFont and standard blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a wafer with two bladed knops to the base. Base pressed upside down, probably by a hand press, in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern and a plain band at its lowermost part by a ribbed male plunger conforming in shape to the exterior of the base, with a plain flat shoulder that formed the undersurface of the perimeter of the base. Rough pontil mark inside base. Double-wick cork-supported tin burner for whale oil.

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. 291, no. 324.