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electric lamp

Object NameElectric Candle Lamp with Engraved Font and Shade

Manufacturer Pairpoint Manufacturing Co.

Made FromGlass, Brass, Metal

Date1929-1937

Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford

TechniqueBlown, tooled, acid-etched, cut, engraved, assembled

SizeOverall H: 43.8 cm, Diam (max): 21.6 cm

Accession Number2004.4.454

Credit LineThe Estate of Vesta B. Pepperman

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties

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Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Metal dolphin stems were probably inspired by the pressed glass dolphin stems of the mid-19th century. Dolphin-based lamps were sold with various fonts, including colorless, amber, and blue.

Physical DescriptionColorless, and transparent dark blue glass; brass, marble, metal; blown, tooled, acid-etched, engraved, assembled. Two-tiered square marble base with brass dolphin stem atached to a blown blue glass font engraved with grapes and grape leaves, with a brass electric light fixture above and a fabric-wrapped electric cord which comes out of the dolphin's mouth. Brass shade holder with 16 two-part colorless glass prisms. Separate mushroom-shaped shade is blown of colorless glass, roughly ground on the surface to produce a matt finish and cut.
Provenance

Former Collection Estate of Vesta B. (Mrs. Cecil M.) Pepperman - 2004-12-10