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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 Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
DateNo Date
MediumPressed glass | Blown glass | Cut glass | Metal
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (7.3 x 7.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5515
Not on view
DescriptionClear, pressed, blown and cut. Blown and cut font with 2 rows of 7 oval and then 7 panels attached by triple mereses to solid hexagonally ribbed reverse baluster stem with "mushroom" insides at bottom and square bottom. Stem and foot gray tint metal.

Published ReferencesFor a related, but not identical, lamp see M.H. Northend, AMERICAN GLASS, ill.: "A Lamp with a cut glass font and baluster stem".
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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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.
Unknown
18th century
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.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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ca. 1800-1810
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.