Whale Oil Lamp with Shade

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Object Name:

Department

American

Maker(s)

Boston & Sandwich Glass Company ((active 1825-1888)), Manufacturer

Place Made:

United States, Sandwich, MA

Date:

1830-1840

Color

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colorless

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    - colorless (ref)

Technique

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glassblowing

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grinding

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  - grinding (ref)

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cutting

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  - cutting (ref)

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pressing

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  - forming (ref)
    - pressing (ref)

Material

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glass

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metal

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 39 cm; (a) Foot W: 10.6 cm, D: 10.8 cm; (d) Diam (max): 8.1 cm

Accession Number:

2012.4.3 A

Location:

On Display

Description

Whale Oil Lamp with Shade. 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.

Inscription

DLJ 462 B-G Painted (d) on shade base

DLJ 462 A-G Painted (a) on inside of foot

Provenance

Jones, Dorothy Lee, Former Collection to

James D. Julia, Inc., Source to 2012-01-19

Publications (1)
Objects In Set (2)

Publications

Important Lamp & Glass Auction (2011) illustrated, Lot 2001;

Objects In Set

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