Lamp, Whale-Oil

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Lamp, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginProbably eastern United States

DateProbably 1827-1830

DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm); Base W: 3 3/32 in. (7.85 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.174

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DescriptionFont blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a double wafer to the base. Base pressed, probably by a bench press, in a one-piece female mold, plain except for the lobed form, by a tapered ribbed male plunger with a short cylindrical upper end and flat shoulder and a slight U-shaped projection in the lobed corner that formed and patterned the interior and formed the undersurface of the perimeter of the base. Rough pontil mark on ribs about 2.0 cm (25/32 in.) from base. Pewter 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. 314, no. 365.