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Lampshade

Lampshade
Lampshade
 
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Object Name: 
Lampshade
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1920-1926
Dimensions: 
H: 12.4 cm, D (rim): 11.5 cm
Accession Number: 
77.4.23
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles K. Bassett
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent iridescent gold lustre, green and translucent white lead glass; mold-blown and decorated. Waisted shape; circular flared "fitter rim" swells to rounded bulbous shoulder and concavely tapers to flared circular base rim; upper 3/4 of body has white "snakeskin" motif while lower 1/4 has green "snakeskin" motif; rough "fitter rim" marked with silver pen: "Quezal".
Provenance
Bassett Estate, Charles K., Source to

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