3-part Night Lamp in "No. 5" Pattern

Object Name: 
3-part Night Lamp in "No. 5" Pattern

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Object Name: 
3-part Night Lamp in "No. 5" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
81.4.95
Dimensions: 
H: 21.4 cm; D (a): 11.8 cm, (b): 10.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1900-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Gertrude Christman Melvin
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass; brass; mold-blown. (a) Pyramid-shaped font with eight panels around top surface, four with raised scrolls and four with enameled roses, beading between panels and scrolls painted a rusty brown, area outside beading enameled yellow; brass kerosene (c) burner with wick raiser marked "MADE IN USA"; (b) matching pyramid-shape shade/chimney with matching pattern and colors.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
No. 5
Provenance: 
Melvin, Crandall, Jr. (1928-2003), Source
Melvin, Gertrude Christman, Former Collection
Color: 
opaque white
Technique: 
mold-blown

Publications (3)

Glass Lighting in the Corning Museum (1983-06) illustrated, p. 7, fig. 10; BIB# AI10678
Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 102, #46, second from left; BIB# AI9252
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1981 (1982) illustrated, p. 9, second from left; BIB# AI97141