PAIR OF PRESSED LACY GLASS
CONDLESTICKS, clear flint glass, lacy socket number one wafered
to pressed four-step square base, pontil scars, 5 ¼"H,
as constructed with typical base edge roughness and crazing. Blown
at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Works, Sandwich, MA, 1828-1835.
WHALE OIL LAMP, clear flint
glass, blown-molded font attached with a four-ringed wafer to
a stepped octagonal pressed base, pontil scar, 8"H, tooled
mouth, a mint lamp with some base edge roughness as is typical
of the pressing process. American, probably blown at the New England
Glass Company, Cambridge, MA, C. 1850, extremely rare.
WHALE OIL LAMP, clear flint
glass, blown-molded font attached with a three-ringed wafer to
a square, stepped pressed base, pontil scar, 7 1/8"H, tooled
mouth with original two-wicked burner marked "Patent",
a mint lamp with some base edge roughness as is typical of the
pressing process. American, 1820-1840.
HANDLED LAMP WITH ORIGINAL
BRASS COLLAR AND THREADED BURNER, clear flint glass, corset-waisted
octagon with applied handle, smooth base, 5"H, mint. American,
probably blown at the Sandwich Glass Works, Sandwich, MA, C. 1850,
scarce.
FREEBLOWN FLUID LAMP, aquamarine,
bell formed with applied solid glass handle, pontil scar, 6"H
x 3 1/4"D, sheared mouth fitted with period brass collar
and a twin fluid burner, mint. American, probably blown at a New
Jersey or New York State Glass Works, C. 1850, rare.
WHALE OIL LAMP, colorless,
square pressed base with multi-tiered pedestal, wide ringed knopf
and free blown light bulb form font, pontil scar, 8 3/4"H
x 3 ¼"W, tooled mouth, about mint (several flat base
edge flakes and typical mold roughness). American, 1825-1840.
WHALE OIL LAMP, colorless,
square, two tiered pressed glass base with a wide ringed knopf
and a blown light bulb form font, pontil scar, 8"H, tooled
mouth, about mint (numerous flat base edge flakes and typical
mold roughness). American, 1825-1840.
