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Whale oil lamp

American
1840–60
Object Place: United States

Medium/Technique Pressed glass
Dimensions 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William H. Fenn III Glass Collection
Accession Number1978.739
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionPressed "Loop" or "Leaf" pattern. Sapphire blue whale oil lamp with square base, with octagonal stem tapering in to three flattened knops, loop pattern on lamp front, tin burner Similar to figure 1 in plate 180, Ruth Webb Lee's Sandwich Glass. See Barlow and Kaiser, vol. 2, cat. 2109.