Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Luce Center
Camphene oil lamp base
Object name
Camphene oil lamp base
Date
1847-1860
Medium
Glass, pewter
Dimensions
Overall: 8 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 22.5 x 9.2 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp cast in single mold; domed font with tapering cylindrical sides with alternating bands of pairs of circles and faceted grid; hexaginal baluster standard and hexagonal base with incurving sides; pewter collar, top, and splayed wick tubes with caps.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Grace A. Garrison
Object Number
1919.13
Gallery Label
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
