ACANTHUS LEAF STAND LAMP, translucent starch blue a

ACANTHUS LEAF STAND LAMP, translucent starch blue above alabaster/clambroth with an overall lightly sanded surface, dome-top font with 12 protruding petals below the shoulder and a short hexagonal extension with 12 beads below, joined by a wafer to a 12-petal-top acanthus leaf standard and double-step square base beaded between the steps, brass fine-line collar and double-tube fluid burner with chains and caps. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others. 1840-1860. 11 3/8" high to top of collar, 4 1/8" square base.
Reference: Elsholz, lot #1146.
Wilson/Toledo, fig. 636, and color plate p. 255.
Parallels B & K II, fig. 2151a.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Ellipse Antiques, Dennis, MA, 9/5/87

Undamaged with a slight underfill to one standard petal