lamp
Object NameLamp
Makerpossibly
South Boston Glass Company
Makerpossibly
New England Glass Company
(1818-1878)
Made Fromlead glass, brass
Dateabout 1820-1835
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueBlown, cut, pressed
SizeH: 31 cm, W(base) 9.5 x 9.5 cm
Accession Number89.4.20
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Gertrude Christman Melvin Endowment
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, brass; blown, cut, pressed. Baluster shape font, with brass collar; cut with diamond facets and vertical flutes, attached by a wafer to a flat disk cut into an octagon, wafer below, with a hollow knop below that, larger knop below that, cut with diamond facets, small hollow knop below that, with octagonal cut disk applied to square pressed base; base with a rosette design underneath, sides of the base ground and polished; bottom surface ground; "rosette" in the base with twelve trifid ribs, which is 7 cm. across and about 2.5 cm. deep; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques
- 1989-04-28
