LAMP
Creator(s): Unknown
About this object
The blue john lamp has an urn shape with a knob on top. It sits on a square pedestal base. The center of the base is carved from blue john. At the top of the base is a square slab of black marble resting on another of white marble. At the bottom of the base is a square of white marble resting on one of black marble.
- Object name:
- LAMP
- Made from:
- Blue john (Derbyshire fluorspar) -- metal
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 68.6 cm (27 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.243
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973