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Object Name4-piece Double Lamp

Made Fromlead glass, white metal

Dateabout 1857-1870

Place MadeUnited States, New England

Techniquepressed, tooled

SizeH: 29.5 cm, D (base): 16.3 cm

Accession Number72.4.82

Credit LineGift of Preston Bassett

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This lamp was patented in 1857.

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; pressed; white metal. Cylindrical font with eight vertical panels around sides; domed top ending in tooled, conical knob; two arms extended at right angles from base of font end in octagonal sections, each with a drop-in white metal collar with double whale oil burners; base of font marked: "PATENT APPLIED FOR"; attached to pressed hollow fluted stem and flat circular foot with circle in diamond design.
Provenance

Source Preston Bassett - 1972-03-27