Lamp

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Object Name: 
Lamp
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
68.4.376
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28.6 cm, Rim Diam: 3.9 cm; Foot Diam: 14.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1850
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass; pressed. Inverted pear-shape font vertically decorated with acanthus leaves and ring of "petals" at bottom; attached by wafer to pear-shape standard, with acanthus leaves; ending in square stepped base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Neal, L. W., Former Collection
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Color: 
opaque white
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (2)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 223, #871, pl. 12; BIB# 30457
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 69, #68 (right); BIB# 21161