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Object NameLamp with Drip Pan
Made FromLead Glass, Metal
Dateabout 1820-1830
Place MadeUnited States, New England
Techniqueblown
SizeH: 16.8 cm, D(base): 10.3 cm
Accession Number72.4.48
Credit LineGift of Preston Bassett
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
New England Glass Company, 1818-1888
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, lead and cobalt blue glasses; blown; metal. Metal and cork double whale oil burner; spherical font of colorless glass; attached to disk-knopped stem of colorless glass; above high domed foot of blue glass, turning up to form saucer with folded rim; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Source Preston Bassett - 1972-03-27
Vizner Collection
František Vízner
2010
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Jan Nemeček
2010
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probably 1970-1989
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T. G. Hawkes & Company
1889-1900
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Steuben Glass, Inc.
about 1920-1933