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2 Whale Oil Lamps with Shades

2 Whale Oil Lamps with Shades

Whale Oil Lamp with Shade
Vase
 
Print
 
Object Name: 
2 Whale Oil Lamps with Shades
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, Sandwich, MA
Date: 
1830-1840
Color
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colorless
Technique
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glassblowing
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pressing
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cutting
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grinding
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assembling
Material
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metal
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glass
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Accession Number: 
2012.4.3
Location: 
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Description
2 Whale Oil Lamps with Shades. (A) Colorless glass, metal, pewter; blown, pressed, cut, ground, assembled. (a) Colorless glass base with five-tiered pressed trefoil foot and stem connected to an inverted teardrop-shaped blown and ground font with cut grape and vine decoration. Fixed threaded pewter collar. Olive green streak in foot. (b) Metal wick holder with two chimneys. (c) Threaded metal thumbscrew. (d) Blown and ground colorless glass shade with bulbous body, waisted neck, and flared rim. Exterior of shade decorated with cut grapes and vines. (B) Colorless glass, metal, pewter; blown, pressed, cut, ground, assembled. (a) Colorless glass base with five-tiered pressed trefoil foot and stem connected to an inverted teardrop-shaped blown and ground font with cut grape and vine decoration. Fixed threaded pewter collar. (b) Metal wick holder with two chimneys. (c) Threaded metal thumbscrew. (d) Blown and ground colorless glass shade with bulbous body, waisted neck, and flared rim. Exterior of shade decorated with cut grapes and vines.
Provenance
Jones, Dorothy Lee, Former Collection to
James D. Julia, Inc., Source to 2012-01-19
 

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