Lampshade

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Object Name: 
Lampshade
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
96.4.119
Dimensions: 
H: 12.8 cm, D(max): 10.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1901-1925
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Charles K. Bassett
Primary Description: 
Transluscent opal glass; mold-blown, tooled, and ground. Waisted ogee shape; from circular, flared and waisted, ground "fitter rim" angular knop-shaped shoulder swells and then tapers to flared, broadly scalloped base rim; body is divided into ten sections by optic molded ribs; five yellow bordered, pale green, "double-pulled" trailed feathers extend from "fitter rim" to lower opal border; slight iridescence in yellow feather borders; inside of "fitter rim" is engraved "Quezal".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Bassett Estate, Charles K., Source
1984-06-28
Color: 
Transluscent opal
Technique: 
mold-blown, tooled, ground
tooling
Inscription: 
Quezal
inscription
: 
Stamped Fitter rim