NAILSEA / VENETIAN THREAD FAIRY LAMP, cranberry with opal loops, satin finish, fairy-size dome with six groupings of loops, fitted in a colorless candle cup with diamond-point pattern and embossed "CLARKE'S TRADEMARK CRICKLITE", candle cup fitted with an additional colorless unpatterned votive cup, candle cup fitted in a matching pattern shallow crimped rim bowl with raised center post, six groupings of loops. Fourth quarter 19th century. 5 3/4" HOA, 6 1/4" DOA base.
Literature: Parallels Ruf - Fairy lamps, p. 161, fig. 559.
Provenance: From the Private Glass Collection of Jean Wilson, Kintnersville, PA.
Condition
Dome fitter with a flake and two to the top rim, base post rim with several flakes/roughness, candle cup with expected minute flakes/mold roughness primarily to the rim.