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Object Name6-part Night Lamp
Made FromGlass
Date1895-1905
Place Madeprobably United States; possibly England
Techniquemold-blown
SizeH: 23 cm; D (shade): 10.2 cm, (base): 9.9 cm
Accession Number81.4.31
Credit LineGift in memory of Gertrude Christman Melvin
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent deep pink (cranberry) and colorless glass; brass; mold-blown. (a) Globular font blown of pink glass in a ribbed mold; five applied feet of colorless glass; (d) brass burner; (b) ruffled shade of ribbed pink glass; (c) colorless chimney. Burner marked "PAT'D APR 13 1878/MCH 21 1878".
Provenance
Source Crandall Melvin Jr. (1928-2003)
Gooseberry
Philip Johnson
1957-1966
Allegria (Happiness) Bottle
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks
designed in 1952