PRESSED TULIP AND COLUMNAR WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMPS, LOT OF TWO,
colorless and alabaster/clambroth,
each having a dome-top font with 12 protruding petals below the shoulder, raised on a columnar double-step base with beads in between the steps, wafer construction, one having a period pewter collar, other having a brass collar.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and possibly others.
1845-1870.
11 5/8" to 12 3/4" H.
Provenance:Michael Carter collection, Hanover, PA.
Condition
Alabaster undamaged; colorless having sliver chipping and flake to the base edge. Alabaster having a light sanded surface and a discolored line to the base, all as made.