Lamp, Oil
- Object Name:
- Lamp, Oil
- Object ID:
- 1972.509.04
- Description:
- Oil lamp, glass and metal. Two-piece glass base and font assembly. Base is cast and/or pressed. In glass base are quite a few air-bubble inclusions. Font appears to be hand-blown. Base has square foot with bulging round cylinders at corners. Vertical striations on inside of hollow base. Above square foot are three stepped cone section that lead to eight tapered, reeded column which has flattened bulb top with horizontal striations in the glass. Inverted tear-drop shaped font sits on top of column and is slightly off-center where the font and base are joined. Metal adapter joined to font with plaster-like material. Adapter has three horizontal flutes around its edge. In largest area of font is a horizontal cut-glass design of tassels and double swags between them below a continuous band of short diagonal cuts. Tassels are small circles with multiple straight cuts from bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-10.3 W-3.9 D-3.9 Dia-3.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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