electric lamp
Object NameElectric Lamp
Glasshouse
Becker and Wilson
Maker
Joseph Wilson
Made FromGlass, Metal, Cord
Date1903-1914
Place Madepossibly United States, PA, Montrose; possibly United States, NJ, New Brunswick
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)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Elizabeth Johnson
- 2009-09-11
