Night lamp
Manufacturer
Gillinder & Sons
(American, 1867 - 1930)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1895
MediumMold blown glass | Metal
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (7.3 x 7.3 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (7.3 x 7.3 cm)
InscribedWick adjustment knob marked "MADE IN THE U.S.A.[mark -- see card]"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.3014
Not on view
DescriptionMold blown, pale turquoise in design called "The Defender Night Lamp". Base is pear shaped, but square in cross section with acanthus-leaf-and-scroll motif at corners. Globe has acanthus-leaf-and-scroll motif on each of 4 mold seams. Blown colorless chimney. Die-stamped brass fittings. Completely original, but globe has small hole and star-shaped spreading crack to left of acanthus leaf tip.Published ReferencesCHINA, GLASS & LAMPS, Nov. 6, 1895, cited as source of advertisement by A.G. McDonald, THE EVOLUTION OF THE NIGHT LAMP, p. 49-50.
18th century
18th century
ca. 1850
