NAILSEA / VENETIAN THREAD FAIRY LAMP, blue with opal loops, satin finish, fairy-size dome with seven groupings of loops, fitted in a colorless candle cup embossed "S. CLARKE PATENT TRADEMARK FAIRY", candle cup fitted in a matching patterned shallow crimped rim bowl with raised center post, six groupings of loops. Fourth quarter 19th century. 5 1/4" HOA, 8 1/4" DOA base.
Literature: Parallels Ruf - Fairy lamps, p. 165, fig. 575.
Provenance: From the Private Glass Collection of Jean Wilson, Kintnersville, PA.
Condition
Undamaged, base support top with some minute roughness.