Lamp, Whale-Oil

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Lamp, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1835-1845

DimensionsH: 11 21/32 in. (29.65 cm); Base Diam: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.199

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DescriptionGlobular font and baluster stem blown and finished by tooling, then joined by a triple-bladed knop. Joined by a triple-bladed knop to a tapered eight-ribbed columnar standard and base. Standard and base pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold by a plain male plunger with a slightly tapered lower part and a boldly ribbed and tapered upper part with a short vertical shoulder. No pontil mark. Perimeter of undersurface of base ground and polished. Pewter collar machined and threaded, with double-wick pewter-and-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. 335, no. 419.