Oil Lamp with Shade

Object Name: 
Oil Lamp with Shade

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Object Name: 
Oil Lamp with Shade
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
ed States, MA, possibly Cambridge
United States, MA, possibly Sandwich
Accession Number: 
93.4.85 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 42.8 cm, W: 14.4 cm, D: 12.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
probably 1830-1839
Primary Description: 
Shade, blown, pear-shaped, frosted on exterior by grinding on a wheel. Fits into tooled brass collar surrounding burner. Collar is attached to brass socket fastened to wafer above hollow blown stem attached by double wafer to short cylindrical stem and hollow pressed tripodal base with American eagle on each side.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Elsholz, William J., Former Collection
Richards, Paul, Former Collection
W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques, Source
1993-11-12
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, ground, pressed
ground glass

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 48, #67; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 36 (1994) p. 110, #11; BIB# AI33896
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1993 (1994) p. 9; BIB# AI95182

Objects in Set (2)

Pair of Oil Lamps
Artist:New England Glass Company
Date:probably 1830-1839
Accession Number:93.4.85
Oil Lamp with Shade
Artist:South Boston Glass Company
Date:1830-1839
Accession Number:93.4.85 B