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1800-1850
GUSN-290506
Electrified lamp with square marble base, vase-shaped molded brass pedestal with acathus leaves. Mold-blown glass globe with everted scalloped lip, etched design of grapevine and flowers, frosted around neck. Stars on prisms.
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
blown glass
brass (alloy)
marble (rock)
Lamp, Electric
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
22 1/4 x 5 (HxW), 8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.329
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