Colorless Free-blown Glass Lamp with Pressed Cup Plate Base and Matching Cup Plate

Description:

Colorless Free-blown Glass Lamp with Pressed Cup Plate Base and Matching Cup Plate attributed to the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1827-35, the lamp with drop cork tube burner, conical font, button stem, deep rayed and concentric circle pattern cup plate base with fan border, accompanied by a similar cup plate, (base crack),ht. 7 1/2 in.

Literature: A lamp with similar cup plate base is illustrated and discussed in The Glass Industry In Sandwich Vol. 2, by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, Schiffer Publishing, p. 60, plate 2034.
Estimate $300-500

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