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Lamp, Oil

Object number2024.61.39 a-c

Manufacturer Phoenix Glass Company

Artist Gazoo Fouji

Manufacturer General Electric Company

OriginMonaca, PA

MediumGlass; Paint; Metal; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Estate of Kathy Hansen

DescriptionMetal oil lamp font with milk glass base and shade, Vollenden Ware line. Base has circular foot tapering out to a wide shoulder, then sloping in to a narrower neck. Body of base has orange and yellow background with green chestnut leaves. On the inside is a brown bowl. Metal font has a circular base extending straight upward then tapers out to a wide circular squat body, than tapers in to a narrower chimney. Two knobs extend outward from underneath the chimney. A wide circular frame extends from the chimney. On top of the font are to opposite-facing light-bulb sockets with chains descending from each. A long electrical cord extends outward from underneath the chimney. Lampshade has open circular base tapering out to a wide, circular squat body that slopes in to a thin neck which flares out at the lip. Body of shade has orange and yellow background with green chestnut leaves. Interior of lip is green. DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a): 9.875 x 16.75 in. (25.1 x 42.5 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 9.125 x 13.25 in. (23.2 x 33.7 cm)
Height x Diameter (c): 16.75 x 12.625 in. (42.5 x 32.1 cm)
Height x Diameter (a-c): 26.5 x 16.75 in. (67.3 x 42.5 cm)
Signed(a) On body of shade in black paint: "Gazoo Fouji".

(c) On body of base in black paint: "Gazoo Fouji".
Marks(b) On both knobs beneath chimney, impressed: "PHOENIX".
On both light bulb sockets, impressed: "250 W. 250 VOLTS / GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. / U.S.A.".
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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