Whale-oil lamp

Probably designed by Thomas Cains
Manufactured by Phoenix Glass Works American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 704

This lamp’s decorative “mercurial ring” was created by tooling a deep indentation in the still-molten surface and then smoothing the glass over the groove. When viewed from the outside, the ring of trapped air appears silver.

Whale-oil lamp, Probably designed by Thomas Cains (active 1812–ca. 1820), Free-blown and pressed glass, American

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Whale-oil lamp, Probably designed by Thomas Cains (active 1812–ca. 1820), Free-blown and pressed glass, American
Whale-oil lamp, Probably designed by Thomas Cains (active 1812–ca. 1820), Free-blown and pressed glass, American

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