Lampshade

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Object Name: 
Lampshade
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corona
Accession Number: 
96.4.73
Dimensions: 
H: 11.4 cm, D(top): 5.4 cm, (bottom): 10.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1892-1920
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Charles K. Bassett
Primary Description: 
Gold glass, with reddish bloom; mold blown, tooled, iridized. Lampshade: bell-shaped. Upper rim is short and everted, with rounded lip; wall curves out and down at top, then descends almost vertically, before splaying at bottom; lower rim has eight ruffles, made by tooling, and rounded lip. Transparent glass has gold with reddish iridescence on inner and outer surfaces. Marked on inner surface of upper rim: "L.C.T. Favrile" (Favrile cursive).

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Bassett Estate, Charles K., Source
1984-06-28
Color: 
Gold, reddish
gold
Technique: 
mold blown, tooled, iridized
tooling