3-part Kerosene Boudoir Lamp with Amsterdam Decoration

Object Name: 
3-part Kerosene Boudoir Lamp with Amsterdam Decoration

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Object Name: 
3-part Kerosene Boudoir Lamp with Amsterdam Decoration
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
92.4.11
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.3 cm, Diam (max): 16.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1895-1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of The New Bedford Glass Society
Web Description: 
Kerosene parlor lamps remained a staple in Mt. Washington’s inventory throughout the 1890s. These lamps were decorated with cut and engraved designs or with fashionable painted patterns.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Amsterdam
Provenance: 
New Bedford Glass Society, Source
Color: 
opaque white glass
Technique: 
mold-blowing
enameling
Material: 
glass
brass
enamel

Description

Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass, multicolored enamel, brass; mold-blown, enameled decoration. Spherical shade with vertical molded panels, completely enameled in yellow except for one white section which has enameled yellow and red multi-petaled flowers. Font is pear-shaped, mold blown with raised scrolls, enameled in yellow with matching flowers in white, "AMSTERDAM/124" on base. Original brass burner has "THE BOUDOIR/ E.M. & CO." on the wick raiser.

Exhibitions (1)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-05-19 through 2011-12-31
Changing Exhibitions Gallery