Lamp

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Object Name: 
Lamp
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
72.4.77
Dimensions: 
H: 26.2 cm, W (base): 7.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1847-1865
Credit Line: 
Gift of Preston Bassett
Primary Description: 
Amber glass; pressed; pewter. Pewter collar at top of inverted baluster-shape font with vertical loop decoration; attached by wafer to eight-sided baluster stem and hollow square foot.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Bassett, Preston, Source
1972-03-27
Color: 
amber
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (1)

Tableware in Transition: Pressed Flint Glass (1988) p. 36 ff., ill.; BIB# AI20495