SANDWICH FROSTED MADONNA NIGHT-CLOCK LAMP, colorless, pressed figural Madonna standard raised on a ribbed base with scallop-and-point foot, original nickeled connector supporting the clock-work mechanism with small pendulum and tapered clock hand, and original translucent powder blue ball-form shade painted with black Roman numerals I thru XII over a horizontal band which is divided into quarters, top with perforated nickeled centering/draft ring. Original brass key. Fitted with an Olmstead kerosene font, burner, and chimney. Together with an extra key. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1870-1885. 14 3/8" HOA, 4 3/4" D foot.
Undamaged. Mechanism needs adjustment/cleaning.
Published: Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2, pp. 173, 174, figs. 2266-2268 (retains publication labels).
Provenance: The Joan E. Kaiser Collection of Sandwich and related glass (Acc. #90.16).
Ex-collection of Raymond E. Barlow, Windham, NH.
Exhibited: Sandwich Glass Museum - "Sensational Sandwich," 1995.
Catalogue Note: It is thought that the night-clock lamp offered here and the example sold through our galleries on January 31, 2015, are the only known complete specimens of this exceptionally rare lighting and time keeping device.

Undamaged. Mechanism needs adjustment/cleaning.