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Lampshade

Lampshade
Lampshade
 
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Object Name: 
Lampshade
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1910-1920
Technique
Dimensions: 
H: 11.4 cm, D (max.): 11.6 cm
Accession Number: 
77.4.76
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles K. Bassett
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent iridescent gold lustre and translucent opal lead glass; mold-blown. Inverted dish-topped bucket shape; circular flared "fitter rim"; rounded shoulder conically swells to lower cylindrical body area; "double-pull" white feather descends from "fitter rim" to near lower body where white machine-threading continues to circular mouth opening having ten crimp indentations; polished "fitter rim" is wheel-engraved: "Quezal".
Provenance
Bassett Estate, Charles K., Source to

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