Rushlight
- Object Name:
- Rushlight
- Object ID:
- 1973.515.13
- Description:
- Rush Lamp, iron, brass, wood. Forged iron rush holder which consists of vertical shaft which has box joint and moveable jaw which has an upward curved shaft terminated in brass fitting. Moveable jaws have decorative lines incised on sides in three pairs of double narrowly-spaced or roughly horizontal lines on moveable cheeks of box joint. Curved handle of moveable jaw has half-round configuration. Brass finial is an inverted drop-shape with flared base that is crimped over the iron shaft. Vertical fixed-jaw shaft is half-round and tapers slightly to fit into a turned brass collar. It appears iron in set into lead in collar. Brass collar has flattened dome at top with narrow neck that flares out to a couple of reeded sections and then a flat-sided collar section. The brass sits on two-piece turned base. Couple bulbous swells on column. Bottom one sits on top of flattened hemispherical piece and the two pieces are held together by single flathead screw. Bottom surface has rough saw marks on it. Wood is dark, painted color that is almost black. A few dents and wear marks on wood base.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Iron
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-17.2 W-4 D-0.6 Dia-4.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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