June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass
Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 272
PRESSED FOUR-PRINTIE BLOCK WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for
$553.50
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
PRESSED FOUR-PRINTIE BLOCK WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, brilliant canary (reacts under black light), dome-top conical font with hexagonal knop extension, raised on a hexagonal compressed knop and flared base, wafer construction, period pewter collar. Fitted with a period two-tube screw-in burner. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and possibly others. 1840-1850. 11 1/4" H, 5 1/4" DOA base.
Published: Barret - Blown and Pressed American Glass, pl. 11, middle row. Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2, p. 87, fig. 2104a.
Condition
Proof with the collar/burner being detached. Having some expected roughness in association with the snap-ring, as made.
Available payment options
Glass deaccessioned by the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund. Ex-collection of Gertrude D. Webster, Manchester, VT.
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