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Object NameLamp
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1813-1830
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquemold-blown font, blown stem
SizeH: 26.5 cm, D(base): 13.3 cm
Accession Number72.4.26
Credit LineGift of Preston Bassett
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; mold-blown font, blown base; brass. Brass collar attached to opening of spherical font with pattern-molded fluting; font attached by double wafer to hollow tapering stem with twisted or "wrythen" decoration; attached by double wafer to domed circular foot folded under at edge; rough pontil mark in center.
Provenance
Source Preston Bassett - 1972-03-27
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