Artist/Maker
Pairpoint Corporation
Title
Fairy lamp
Date20th Century
Mediumglass
Dimensions8 × 4 1/2 in. (20.3 × 11.4 cm)
Donor credit lineNew Bedford Glass Museum Collection Transfer
Object number1992.100.871
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA two-piece glass fairy lamp or candleholder. An enamelled glass base varies in color from rose to peach. A mold-blown glass shade is shaped and reverse-painted to resemble pink poppies; the shade has a large crack. The remains of a candle are embedded in the base.On View
Not on view
Pairpoint Corporation
Pairpoint Corporation
Guba, Frank Adolph
Pairpoint Corporation
Circa 1830
Mount Washington Glass Company
