Astral Lamp

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Object Name: 
Astral Lamp
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
2009.4.242
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 61 cm, Diam (max): 20.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass and metal. Pressed and engraved. Lamp has intricately decorated three footed gilded base, 12 hanging prisms are decorated with floral pattern. Globe has wide body, narrow neck and flared, scalloped rim and is decorated with cut and acid-etched floral design. c) chimney is acid-etched, three quarters of body.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26