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Deep blue transparent two-part molded body. Hexagonal stepped base and column with rings at central waist. Bulbous font with facet design. Domed top with brass collar. Fitted for electricity. Cut-work paper shade. Originally fitted with camphene burner.
oil lamps
glassblowing
cutwork
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
pressing
Glass
Blown
Pressed
Ashburton
Unidentified Paper
Cutwork
LAMP, OIL
Ashburton
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Glassmaker)
Sandwich, MA, USA
10.375 x 4.375 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.753
Massachusetts (United States)
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