I've encountered leaded lamp chimney glass recovered from historic sites in
East Tennessee and Kentucky. I haven't come across any literature specific
to the process or pertaining to its manufacture and distribution, however.
If anyone has, or knows of, literature pertaining to it, I'd like to know as
well.

Tanya



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-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Doms,
Keith
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:28 PM
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Subject: lamp chimneyss

Good day,

            I have been cataloging artifacts from a trash deposit of a
well-to-do rural site in northern NJ (c1770-1840).  Among the glass
artifacts are many fragments of lamp chimneys.  There are also some
pieces of table glass and decanters.  While shining a UV light on the
table and decanter fragments to check for lead crystal, I noticed that
some of the lamp chimneys also fluoresced icy-blue.  I am finding that
about 50% of the lamp glass in the deposit fluoresces.  I have seldom
paid much attention to lamp glass and  I have never before tried a UV
light on it.  Has anyone else noticed or recorded lead crystal lamp
chimneys? 

 

Keith Doms

McCormick Taylor

Mt. Laurel, NJ