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2 Hurricane Shades

2 Hurricane Shades

 
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Object Name: 
2 Hurricane Shades
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, probably New England
Date: 
about 1830-1850
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
free-blown and engraved
Dimensions: 
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Accession Number: 
67.4.18
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Estelle T. Milliser
Location: 
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Description
Colorless lead glass; free-blown and engraved. Bulbous cylinders, open at top and bottom; engraved with floral and leaf sprays covering most of body; rows of fans and ellipses around top and bottom; folded base ring.
Provenance
Milliser, Estelle T., Source
Freeman, Elizabeth, Former Collection
Pyatt, Bessie Freeman, Former Collection
Thompson, Elizabeth, Former Collection

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Publications

Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 327; BIB# 22375

Objects In Set

Hurricane Shade
Date:about 1830-1850
Accession Number:67.4.18 A
Hurricane Shade
Date:about 1830-1850
Accession Number:67.4.18 B
 

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