Electrolier with Butterfly Decoration

Object Name: 
Electrolier with Butterfly Decoration

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Object Name: 
Electrolier with Butterfly Decoration
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
2009.4.338
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 52.6 cm, Diam (max): 37.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1907-1925
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Mrs. Jason Westerfield Estate, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, tooled, enameled, acid-etched, metal base with electric cord and fixture; assembled. Bell-shaped shade (b) is obverse and reverse painting depicting a meadow scene with trees, flowers and many butterflies that surround the shade. The shade is supported by a two socket copper finish Egyptian form base (a) with stepped design and finial parts (c-f) including rubber gasket.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
James D. Julia, Inc., Source
2009-11-23
Material: 
glass
metal
enamel
rubber
Inscription: 
PAIRPOINT / P / D2067 {in a diamond shape}
signature
: 
Stamped On underside of base (a)
The Pairpoint Corp
signature
: 
Stamped in gold On underside of shade (b)

Exhibitions (1)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-05-19 through 2011-12-31
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (3)

Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass Encomposing the History of the Mt. Washington Glass Works and Its Successors, the Pairpoint Companies Volume Two (2011) illustrated, pp. 208-209; BIB# 88066
Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass 2011 (2010-12) illustrated, p. 10;
James D. Julia, Inc. Presents: Important Lamp & Glass Acution (2009) illustrated, p. 198, #2323; BIB# 112353