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Lamp, Oil

Object number2024.61.48 a-c

Manufacturer Phoenix Glass Company

Manufacturer Leviton Manufacturing Company

OriginMonaca, PA

MediumGlass; Paint; Metal; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Estate of Kathy Hansen

DescriptionMilk glass and metal oil lamp. Square brown metal foot with ornate filigree tapers in to narrow circular neck where foot connects to glass base. Silver switch on the foot of the base. Electrical cord extends from the underside of the base. Glass base tapers outward to wide squat body, then inward to a narrower neck which flares out slightly where glass meets metal font. Glass has pink and yellow background with pink, white, and green roses. Metal font has flared lip, then tapers in to narrow burner. Gold metal fastener has open circular base, connecting to burner, which extends straight upward then tapers out sharply to wide circular lip. Four tall hooks extend from the base to above the lip. White milk glass shade rests on top of fastener. Open circular foot tapers out to spherical body, then tapers in to circular metal lip. Body has white and pink background with pink, yellow, and green roses. DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a-c): 25.25 x 12.375 in. (64.1 x 31.4 cm)
Height x Diameter (a): 14.375 x 9.186 in. (36.5 x 23.3 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 2.875 x 4.438 in. (7.3 x 11.3 cm)
Height x Diameter (c): 10.625 x 12.375 in. (27 x 31.4 cm)
Marks(a) On knob beneath chimney, embossed: "MADE IN / U.S. OF AMERICA".
On inside of chimney is printed black text: "250V".
On electrical plug, impressed: "SA / UL / LEVITON".
On underside of base, impressed on electrical plug: "LEVITON".
On underside of base on electrical wires is white printed text: "[illegible] FLEXING TYPE MTW [illegible]".
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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