Lamp, Oil

Object Name:

Lamp, Oil

Object ID:

1938.008.50.1

Place of Origin:

U.S.A.

Date:

circa 1840

Description:

Oil lamp, marble and brass, one of a pair. Argand-type Astral lamp. Square marble base with fluted bronze post and gilded font. Three tall, tapered burners, brass with wick tubes attached above fluid. Burners attached to threaded base that screws into top of font. Base has glass globe support ring. Small pawl opposite a brass set screw that holds globe in place. Full set of prisms around sides. Glass globe missing (broken and discarded, 1983). Burner wicks have tightly woven shiny sleeve material with different type of wick fiber inside of each. Font is one piece that has been spun, then joined together just below its widest section. Below that is another decorative section that has double glare to it. Held loosely with iron shaft with brass nut in a recess in bottom of base. Prisms are attached to decorative metal ring 4.6" diameter that rests on large diameter flare on font. Prisms have cast-in decorations with small repetitive designs.

Material:

Stone
Marble
Glass
Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

H-11.3 W-4 Dia-4.3 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell