Lamp Globe
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumBlown glass | Flint glass
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5512
Not on view
DescriptionBlown colorless flint, wheel frosted and cut; body globular with high narrow neck, turned down rim (similar shape called "Turn Over Globe" in 1859-1860 McKee catalog). Body and neck frosted with decoration cut to clear body cut with repeating pattern of elliptical figures, cross hatched fans, square diamonds enclosing dots; neck cut with repeating scroll and four-leaf clover motif. Turned down rim unfrosted cut with 2 rows of frosted ovals.Published ReferencesInnes, MCKEE VICTORIAN, p. 16.
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