4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.

Crown Milano Lamp

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1893

MediumGlass | Brass | Paint

DimensionsOverall: 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm)
Base: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)

InscribedWick knob marked: "[mark -- see card]"; Middle of fixture marked: "PAT'D APR 19 75"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1548

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Description"Crown Milano" lamp in three sections. The body is of blown opaque white glass with an acid finish. Painted on the glass is an African scene: two large elephants with a rider on the front one, a blue river with two large palm trees on the near bank and a mosque and numerous trees on the far bank. The glass is mounted onto a heavy brass base with three feet and a scrollwork design. The middle section is of brass, fits into the body and consists of the kerosene fixtures. The shade is of blown opaque white glass with an acid finish. Painted on the shade are: a large sitting and a large standing camel with one rider lying on the sand and smoking a pipe and the other rider sitting and reading on an oriental rug; The Sphinx; a gold rising sun; a small oasis with a pond and two palm trees; an Arab cooking over a fire and two camels and three more Arabs. The waisted top of the shade has four thin horizontal lines with thicker vertical bands connecting the two middle lines. Top rim of the shade is slightly chipped.

Exhibition History"Mount Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 19 - December 31, 2011.Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211-12. Kenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 86, fig. 14-78.