oil lamp
Object NameOil lamp
Made FromGlass
Datepossibly 1600-1699
Place MadeSpain
Techniquefree-blown, pattern-molded, tooled, applied decor.
SizeH: 28.5 cm; D (bowl or font): 7 cm, (foot): 15 cm
Accession Number56.3.191
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green and greenish bubbly glass with many impurities and blowing spirals; wear marks and slight weathering; free-blown, pattern-molded and tooled, with applied decoration. Large octagonal double-walled foot with rough pontil mark, multiple-knop stem with two crude mereses at top, squat ovoid bowl or font resting on a cylindrical stem-like support and having a small flaring mouth; kick at interior of cylindrical support; stem patterned in vertical rib mold and slightly expanded towards the bottom; two rigaree bands applied to lower stem, two spouts applied to lower bowl or font, crown- like pinched finial with flaring points applied to mouth.Provenance
Source
Abelardo Linares
