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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Lamp
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Lamp

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1865-1875
MediumPressed glass | Metal | Marble
DimensionsOverall: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Base: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (12.1 x 12.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.973
Not on view
DescriptionColorless, pressed, "ring punty, sawtooth & eye" style design ribbed metal shaft and ormolu decorated double step marble base (second stip too high). A "made-do" stem, metal ring and 2nd marble step converted from other objects.

Published ReferencesThuro. _Oil Lamps_. p. 110b; stem and foot font like pg. 86F.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1860-1875
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1858
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1860-1880s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1860-1880s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Union Glass Co.
1865
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.
Margaret Foley
1875
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1860-1880s