Pair of Lamps, Whale-Oil

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Pair of Lamps, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1827-1830

DimensionsH (with burner): 7 5/16 in. (18.55 cm); H (without burner): 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Base W: 2 25/32 in. (7.05 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.187A-B

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DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a triple-ringed knop and a cushion knop below to the small, square base. Base pressed by a bench press upside down in a one-piece female mold bearing the leaf-and-bowknot pattern by a shallow pyramidal male plunger, its lower end plain, its sides bearing fine stippling, with a flat shoulder that formed a series of low bosses on the underside of each of the four sides of the base. Small, rough pontil mark in center of base. Shear mark evident.

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. 315, no. 368.