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Whale oil lamp
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (1826–1888)
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.