Camphene Lamp

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Object Name: 
Camphene Lamp
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
2006.4.137 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 35.7 cm, W: 9.2 cm, D: 9.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1840
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass; blown, pressed, metal collar, assembled. Lamp has a spherical font blown of opaque white glass, mounted on hollow stems, with 6 applied wafers between font and stem and 5 similar wafers between stem and square pressed base with a basket of flowers on each side and lion's heads in the corners.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Stradlings, Source
2006-07-27
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
opaque white
Technique: 
Blown, Applied, Pressed

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2006 (2007) illustrated, p. 12, top right; BIB# AI92696

Objects in Set (2)

Camphene Lamp
Artist:New England Glass Company
Date:1830-1840
Accession Number:2006.4.137 A
Pair of Camphene Lamps
Artist:New England Glass Company
Date:1830-1840
Accession Number:2006.4.137