By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905
Rare oil lamp, USA, c. 1905. obverse-painted glass, patinated metal
Measures: 33½ height × 10 diameter in (85 × 25 cm) Provenance: Collection of Edward and Sheila Malakoff
Literature: Pairpoint Lamps, Malakoff, pg. 114. This piece is given the" rarity rating" of 1; the rarest of Pairpoint production. Purchase includes a copy of Malakoff text.
Pairpoint Glass Company is an American glass manufacturer based in Sagamore, Massachusetts. It is currently the oldest operating glass company in the United States. The company was founded by Deming Jarves in 1837 in South Boston, Massachusetts, as the Mount Washington Glass Works. In 1870, Mount Washington relocated to New Bedford, Massachusetts. In the 1880s, the company primarily produced art glass. In 1885, it introduced Burmese art glass, a translucent, heat reactive glass that shades from yellow at the bottom to pink at the top. The company became known for this type of glass, obtaining a British patent for it in 1886, and presenting a number of Burmese pieces to Queen Victoria.
In 1880, British silver designer Thomas Pairpoint (1838-1902) resigned his position as head designer at the Meriden Brittania Company and founded the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Pairpoint Glassworks Furniture
MaterialsArt Glass, Blown Glass