Starch Blue Pressed Glass Brass and Marble Fluid Lamp

Description:

Starch Blue Pressed Glass Brass and Marble Fluid Lamp, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich Massachusetts, c. 1860, opaque light blue font, pressed Star and Cable Pattern commemorating the laying of the Atlantic Cable, brass standard on a square marble base, including brass camphene burner, ht. 12 1/4 in.

Provenance: Ex Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Kenneth D. Wakefield.

Literature: Bishop, Robert and Patricia Coblentz, The World of Antiques, Art, and Architecture in Victorian America, E. P. Dutton, New York, publishers, 1979, plate 124 on p. 116.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

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