lampshade

Object NameLampshade

Manufacturer Quezal Art Glass & Decorating Co.

Made FromGlass

Date1901-1925

Techniquemold-blown, tooled, ground

SizeH: 12.7 cm, D(max): 8.9 cm

Accession Number96.4.135

Credit LineBequest of Charles K. Bassett

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionTransparent gold lustre cased with translucent opal glass; mold-blown, tooled, and ground. Waisted ovoid shape; from circular, flared and waisted ground "fitter rim" rounded shoulder and body swell and taper to very slightly waisted and flared base rim edged with ten unevenly spaced notches; five gold trailed and "double-pulled" feathers extend for "fitter rim" to lower opal border; iridized interior and exterior; "fitter rim" crudely engraved "Quezal".
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