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Lamp, Oil

Object number2024.61.38 a-c

OriginMonaca, PA

MediumGlass; Paint; Metal

Credit LineGift of Estate of Kathy Hansen

DescriptionMetal oil lamp font and milk glass shades, Vollenden Ware pattern. Lower shade has circular foot tapering out to a wide squat body that slopes in to a thinner neck, which flares out at the lip. On opposite sides of the lamp are two portraits of men with brown hair and blue coats. Font has circular base extending straight upward then tapering out to a wide, circular squat body then tapering in to a narrower chimney. Two knobs extends outward from underneath the chimney. Upper shade has open circular foot slopes out to spherical body then inward to circular lip. On the body of the lamp shade are three portraits of men with brown hair and Elizabethan ruff collars. DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a): 9 x 10.75 in. (22.9 x 27.3 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 8.563 x 7.375 in. (21.8 x 18.7 cm)
Height x Diameter (c): 10.688 x 11.625 in. (27.1 x 29.5 cm)
Inscriptionsa) On foot of shade in gold paint: "MURILLO"
On foot of shade in gold paint: "ZAMPIERI DOMENCHINO".
On underside of base in brown handwritten ink: "U-27".
c) On foot of shade in gold paint: "P. P. RUBENS".
On foot of shade in old paint: "PORTRAIT AFTER RUBENS".
On foot of shade in gold paint: "PORTRAIT AFTER REMBRANDT".
Marksa) On underside of base is a printed maker's label with black ink: "TRADE / VOLLENDEN / PHOENIX / WARE / MARK".
b) Impressed on both knobs extending from underneath the chimney: "PHOENIX".
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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