TULIP CUT-OVERLAY GLASS KEROSENE STAND LAMP,
opaque white to colorless,
pyriform font with a Tulip cut pattern, raised on a simple brass stem and single-stem marble base, brass fine-line collar.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others.
1860-1880.
10 1/4" H, 4" SQ base.
Literature: Font parallels Barlow/Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2,, p. 221, fig. 2392.
Provenance:Michael Carter collection, Hanover, PA.
Condition
Very good condition overall with the font having scattered wear and some light roughness to the edge of some cuts; stem having splitting; base with expected roughness to the edges. Font having a few minor open bubbles or inclusions, as made.