font
Object NameModel of a Lamp Font
Factoryprobably
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company
(active 1825-1888)
Made FromHardwood
Date1850-1870
Place MadeUnited States, MA, Sandwich
Techniquelathe- and hand-carved
SizeOverall H: 13.3 cm; Foot Diam: 6 cm
Accession Number56.7.5
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBrownish hardwood, probably mahogany; lathe- and hand-carved. Dome-topped conical shape with six vertical panels around sides, each with a circle; disc-section at top, 2 mereses at base of font; 3 mold lines indicated across top and down sides, mereses and cylindrical stem; heavy foot unrelated to pattern and apparently just to make object stand up.Provenance
Source
Herbert H. Bowles
- 1956
