Creator(s): Pairpoint Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

The lamp has a conical shade. It is decorated with an openwork design of blossoms and leaves in an Art Nouveau style. The shaft looks like a slender urn with two acanthus leaves engraved on it. At the top is a band of openwork with swirls, lilies and leaves engraved. The base is in the shape of a quatrefoil and is ridged on the sides. It stands on four small bun feet.

Made from:

Pewter -- brass

Made in:

New Bedford, USA

Date made:

1880-1929

Size:

52.1 × 46.4 cm (20 1/2 × 18 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

14.265.1-2

Class:

METAL

Signature marks:

MARK underneath base: PAIRPONT MFG. CO. P (in a diamond) 3084; underneath shade: PAIRPONT MFG. CO. 7606

Credit line:

Gift of General Foods, 1978