Whale Oil Lamp With Pressed Handled Base
ManufacturerAttributed to
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
(American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1835-40
MediumMold-blown glass | Pressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Base: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Base: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with Funds Donated by The Chrysler Museum Glass Club
Object number93.4.1
On View
On viewLabel TextHand Lamp New England Area, possibly the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., Sandwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1830-1840 Pressed and mold-blown lead-formula glass Museum Purchase with Funds Donated by The Chrysler Museum Glass Associates 93.4.1 One of only three known intact examples, this lamp has a pressed base that was generally paired with a candlestick socket. The lamp has a distinguished provenance, having been owned by four major collectors in succession: George McKearin (co-author with his daughter Helen of American Glass, 1941), Paul Carson, William J. Elsholz and Walter E. Simmons. It was exhibited in 1954 at the Corning Museum of Glass and at the Henry Ford Museum in 1960. Edited By: GLYProvenanceOne of only three known intact examples, this lamp has a pressed base that was generally paired with a candlestick socket. The lamp has a distinguished provenance, having been owned by four major collectors in succession: George McKearin (co-author with his daughter Helen of American Glass, 1941), Paul Carson, William J. Elsholz and Walter E. Simmons. Exhibition HistoryCorning Museum of Glass, 1954 (on loan from Paul Carson). Henry Ford Museum, 1960, No. 700 (on loan from Wiliam J. Elsholz). "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - March 2, 1997 Published ReferencesJames H. Rose, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS OF THE LACY PERIOD: 1825-1850, p. 76, No. 126, ill. pl. II. "Probably unique" Barlow and Kaiser, THE GLASS INDUSTRY IN SANDWICH, Vol. II, 64. Richard Bourne, ELSHOLZ COLLECTION, Vol. I (1986), No. 279. The price realized in the 1986 sale of this object was $2,200.00. "Recent Important Aquisitions," _Journal of Glass Studies_ 36 (1994): 110. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 137, fig. 171. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
1820 - 1840
