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Opaque white square stepped base with a central beaded molding. Acid-induced frosted body. Surmounted by a vasiform wasited stem with molded acanthus leaf decoration. Opaque jade green font with beaded and faceted neck supporting a tulip shaped body with molded leaf motif surmounted by domed top fitted with a brass collar. Font applied with a blown glass wafer. Fitted for electricity.
oil lamps
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
frosting
glass (material)
molding (forming)
acanthus (motif)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Glass
Molded
Frosted
Beaded
Acanthus
LAMP, OIL
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
1949.573.1A,B
Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Maker)
Sandwich, MA, USA
12.75 x 4.375 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.573.1AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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