The Estate of Bessie Mae Carriss
Lot 340:
Description
A three-way electric hurricane parlor lamp in the Gone with the Wind style. The lamp features hand-blown milk glass components including a large dome-top shade with a ruffled upper rim and a matching font. Both glass sections are decorated with a transfer print pattern of large blue roses, smaller orange and brown blossoms, and green-brown foliage. The upper and lower rims of both glass pieces are accented with thin blue painted bands. The lamp is mounted on an ornate cast-metal base with a dark bronze-toned patina featuring scrollwork and foliate feet. A clear glass interior chimney is present. The electrical system allows for the illumination of the top bulb, the base interior bulb, or both simultaneously, operated by a turn-key switch on the brass-finished burner housing. A brown two-prong power cord is attached. A gold-toned circular adhesive foil label is applied to the shade and reads: AMERICAN Hand Blown GLASS followed by a small graphic of a glassblower and the text HAND BLOWN GLASSWARE MAY SHOW BLISTERS, SEEDS, OR THIN LINES WHICH FURTHER ENHANCES IT’S HAND CRAFTED UNIQUENESS. HANDLE WITH CARE FROM BASE ONLY.Height: 23.5 inches to the top of the glass chimney.Width: 11 inches at the widest point of the shade.
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