Argand Lamp

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Object Name: 
Argand Lamp
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, probably London
Accession Number: 
78.2.1 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 59 cm, W: 45 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825-1830
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass and brass; blown and cut. Cylindrical oil font with cut horizontal ribbing and cut knob on top, atop two brass arms leading to burners; brass stem fits into cut glass canopy above cut glass base with horizontal ribbing and diamond cutting; left font has a brass plaque with "BEMIS & VOSE / BOSTON"; right font has "WILLIAM BROOKES / MANUFACTURER / LONDON"; a holder for prisms hangs from top of font and from each burner.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, Former Collection
1978-02-08
Category: 
Early American
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut
Inscription: 
WILLIAM BROOKES / MANUFACTURER / LONDON
Inscription
: 
right font brass plaque
BEMIS & VOSE / BOSTON
Inscription
: 
left font brass plaque

Publications (3)

Glass Lighting in the Corning Museum (1983-06) illustrated, p. 3, fig. 4; BIB# AI10678
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 326; BIB# 22375
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1978 (1979) p. 5; BIB# AI97144

Objects in Set (2)

2 Argand Lamps
Artist:Brooks, William
Date:about 1825-1830
Accession Number:78.2.1
Argand Lamp
Artist:Brooks, William
Date:about 1825-1830
Accession Number:78.2.1 A