Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (American, 1825–88)
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Double-Plated Lamp
INV-1318
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (American, 1825–88)
Sandwich, Massachusettsc. 1865
lamp (lighting device)glass
Date
c. 1865
Medium
Cobalt blue, opaque white, and clear glass, gilt bronze, and marble
Dimensions
H.: 97.8 cm (38 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Mrs. Maurice H. Mandelbaum Collection
This kerosene-fueled lamp exemplifies the growing taste for brilliant color and elaborate surface decoration in mid-19th century lighting. The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company produced a variety of lamps and other objects of cased and cut glass. Here, clear, white, and blue glass have been layered and then cut to create an intricate design. When illuminated, the distinctive glass casts patterns of light within a room. This technique was developed by glassworkers from Bohemia (a historic region that now forms much of the Czech Republic), who brought it to the United States.
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