kerosene lamp

Object NameBurmese Kerosene Lamp with Coraline Decoration

Manufacturer(glass) Mt. Washington Glass Company

Manufacturer(metal mounts) Pairpoint Manufacturing Co.

Made FromLead Glass, Uranium, Brass, Metal, Enamel

Date1887-1890

Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford

TechniqueBlown, enameled

SizeOverall H: 45.2 cm, Diam (max): 20.2 cm

Accession Number95.4.263

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Unfortunately, the shade for this lamp has been lost, but the Burmese chimney remains. Coraline, an Art Glass that was popular from about 1883 to the late 1890s, was decorated with designs that resembled branches of natural coral. Mt. Washington’s Coraline is very rare, and it is difficult to identify unless it appears on one of the company’s documented glass shapes.

Physical DescriptionOpaque pink glass shading to yellow, "Burmese"; lead glass with some uranium, brass, white metal; blown, enameled. Bulbous hollow base of Burmese glass, decorated with applied tiny reddish-brown glass beads in a branching coral-like pattern. This bowl, open at both ends, contains a cylindrical white metal container for kerosene and is mounted on a cast brass tripartite foot. The fuel container fits inside the glass bowl and the brass collar and kerosene burner is attached to it. The wick raiser is marked "MT.W.G.C." Burmese color chimney is pear-shaped and the top section is acid-etched.
Provenance

Source Lindstrom's Furniture - 1995