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Lamp, Oil

Object number2024.61.33 a,b

Manufacturer Phoenix Glass Company

Retailer Burley and Company

OriginMonaca, PA

MediumGlass; Paint; Ink; Paper; Adhesive; Metal; Cotton

Credit LineGift of Estate of Kathy Hansen

DescriptionMilk glass base and metal font of an oil lamp, Vollenden Ware line. Base of lamp has a circular base sloping out to a wide shoulder and tapering in to a thinner neck that tapers out again to the lip. Base has pink, yellow, and green background with pink and yellow spider mum flowers. Metal font has a circular base extending straight upward then tapering out sharply to a wide circular squat ledge that tapers inward to a narrower chimney. Two knobs extend from beneath chimney. On top of the chimney are two cotton wicks. DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a): 8.063 x 10.063 in. (20.5 x 25.6 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 7.813 x 7 in. (19.8 x 17.8 cm)
Height x Diameter (a,b): 12.563 x 10.063 in. (31.9 x 25.6 cm)
SignedOn body of base is a painted signature in black paint: "A. PARL[illegible]".
Inscriptions(a) On underside of base is a white rectangular collector's sticker with handwritten green and black ink: "INV. 808 / VOLLENDEN / WARE".

(b) "INV. 808 / Vollenden / Ware - / floral".
Marks(a) On underside of base is printed black maker's label: "NO / DUPLICATES / Vollenden / Ware / MADE / EXPRESSLY FOR / BURLEY & CO".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of glass from collector Kathy Hansen. Born on March 23, 1951, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Kathy was the granddaughter of a glassblower who worked at the Phoenix Glass Company in Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. A schoolteacher by trade, she became an avid researcher and collector of glass made by Phoenix. A passionate researcher and collector of Phoenix and Consolidated Glass, Kathy was also an active member of the Three Rivers Depression Era Glass Collecting Society and a founding member of the Phoenix and Consolidated Glass Collector’s Club. She frequently lectured on and mounted small displays of Phoenix Glass around the region. Her museum collection reflects rare and unusual pieces, many with original and sample labels, and her archives include rare catalogs, postcards, advertisements, photographs, and oral histories with Phoenix company workers. Kathy, also an accomplished pianist, earned a B.S.in Music Education from Duquesne University. She then earned her master’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Pittsburgh and taught for 28 years in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Collector Kathleen J. Hansen (1951 - 2024)

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