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

Whale Oil Lamp

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1830
MediumBlown-three-mold glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.3911
Not on view
DescriptionWhale oil lamp of clear blown-three-mold glass. Font in Baroque double Horn of Plenty pattern on a short solid ribbed stem joined by four ring wafers to the font. On a lacy octagonal base of acanthus leaf pattern with molding forming the galleried rim. One of a pair, see GAS.59.585a.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, pl. 190, pg. 379, pl. 99, GV-18.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1830
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1835-40
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1828-1835
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New England Glass Company
ca. 1820
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
William R. Noe
c. 1830-35
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1830
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.
ca. 1830-1840
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
ca. 1800-1835
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.