Lamp
- Object Name:
- Lamp
- Object ID:
- 1942.006.08
- Creator:
- NE Glass Co (?)
- Date:
- 1825-1875
- Description:
- Lamp, marble, molded glass, and brass. Brilliant clear-glass font with bulging sides which taper sharply downward and are encircled by heavy ring. Pattern unidentified, but consists of alternating large circles of daisy-like flowers and depressed bull's eyes. "Braided" brass stem with stepped-up foot and square marble base. Incised brass collar above font. Dark brass vertical line along seam in column. Plaster was used to hold adapter ring to glass font. Threaded iron shaft and square nut that hold font and brass column onto marble base. Semi-circular recess in bottom of base to house end of shaft and nut. Some slight chipping on vertical edges at corners of marble base. Slightly lighter area on top of base where metal may have been off-set for some time, thus protecting the marble underneath it.
- Material:
- Stone
Glass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-3.75 D-3.75 Dia-4.2 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the three "glass lamps with marble bases" given by Miss Jewel.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
- Subjects:
- Flowers
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