This dazzling cut glass lamp by the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company features the extremely rare Cactus pattern. This stunning dual motif of hobstars and prickly cactus wheels is skillfully applied to the domed shade and hourglass base, and beautifully enhanced by a shower of prism pendants. Exquisite in composition and monumental in size, this lamp is a wonderful example of American Brilliant Period cut glass lamps, only a few of which are known to exist. Pairpoint, one of the oldest glassmaking companies in the United States, became noted for its brilliant cut glass and was awarded with a certificate of merit for its exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. From the late 1890s until the 1930s, lamps and lamp acce