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1900-1950
GUSN-175504
Electrified lamp with clear glass globe and milk glass base. Single socket with hold one incandescent bulb, powered by two-prong electrical outlet cord and push switch. Socket sits above clear glass globe with band of pressed leaf-like facets around bottom half. Globe sits on brass stem, which sits on milk-glass pedestal with angular edges and square base.
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
pressed glass
brass (alloy)
opaque white glass
glass (material)
Lamp
Lamp, Electric
Lamp, Electric
Unknown
12 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.842
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