Lamp

Lamp

 
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Object Name: 
Lamp
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
about 1850-1870
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Dimensions: 
H: 23.3 cm, W(base): 10 cm x 9.7 cm
Accession Number: 
72.4.85
Credit Line: 
Gift of Preston Bassett
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless, blue and white glasses; blown; brass, marble. Brass collar for screw-in burner; inverted baluster-shape font of colorless glass with blue and white spiral filigree threads; tubular brass stem with spiral pattern; brass collar at bottom; bolted to square marble base; bolt showing on underside.
Provenance
Bassett, Preston, Source
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 336; BIB# 22375

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