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Object Name:

Burmese Kerosene Lamp with Coraline Decoration

Maker(s):

Mt. Washington Glass Company, Manufacturer

Pairpoint Manufacturing Co., Manufacturer

Place Made:

United States, MA, New Bedford

Accession Number:

95.4.263

Dimensions:

Overall H: 45.2 cm, Diam (max): 20.2 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1887-1890

Web Description:

Unfortunately, the shade for this lamp has been lost, but the Burmese chimney remains. Coraline, an Art Glass that was popular from about 1883 to the late 1890s, was decorated with designs that resembled branches of natural coral. Mt. Washington’s Coraline is very rare, and it is difficult to identify unless it appears on one of the company’s documented glass shapes.

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Department:

Modern

Provenance:

Lindstrom's Furniture, Source

1995

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Description

Primary Description:

Opaque pink glass shading to yellow, "Burmese"; lead glass with some uranium, brass, white metal; blown, enameled. Bulbous hollow base of Burmese glass, decorated with applied tiny reddish-brown glass beads in a branching coral-like pattern. This bowl, open at both ends, contains a cylindrical white metal container for kerosene and is mounted on a cast brass tripartite foot. The fuel container fits inside the glass bowl and the brass collar and kerosene burner is attached to it. The wick raiser is marked "MT.W.G.C." Burmese color chimney is pear-shaped and the top section is acid-etched.