electric lamp

Object NameElectric Lamp

Glasshouse Becker and Wilson

Maker Joseph Wilson

Made FromGlass, Metal, Cord

Date1903-1914

Techniqueblown, tooled, cut, ground, polished, assembled

SizeOverall H: 49.8 cm, Diam: 25.8 cm

Accession Number2006.4.111

Credit LineGift of Ione Wilson Kinzer and her sons, Everett Kinzer and Wilbur Kinzer

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

possibly United States, PA, Montrose; possibly United States, NJ, New Brunswick

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, tooled, cut, ground, polished, assembled; metal. Lamp with domed shade, blown in a half-spherical shape and cut in a pattern of large and small hobstars and crisscrossing lines. Base has a hollow cylindrical stem cut with horizontal lines and a circular, slightly domed base, also cut with hobstars, and ending in an electrical fitting at the top and a metal rim which holds 29 prisms, and supports the shade.
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