Lamp

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Object Name: 
Lamp
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.83
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.2 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1840-1860
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Brilliant blue lead (?) glass; pressed in two parts and joined with a wafer. Conical font with pewter collar fastened to opening; six flat panels and sides; joined by a wafer to a hollow baluster stem and square base with tool marks underneath base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Voorhees Collection, Charles H. and Alice Wendt, Former Collection
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
brilliant blue
Technique: 
pressed in 2 parts, joined with a wafer