Lamp, Kerosene
- Object Name:
- Lamp, Kerosene
- Object ID:
- 1978.079.20
- Creator:
- Dennison MFG. Co.
Manufacturer - Description:
- Kerosene lamp, brass and steel. Truncated cone-shaped reservoir with rounded shoulder, slightly concave side leading to two smaller concave grooves and sitting on plate with upward curved edge that rolls over and down. Reservoir surrounded by adapter ring with threads that hold separate burner unit. Steel plate with two convex grooves that is soldered onto bottom to form reservoir. Sheet-metal loop riveted to one edge of reservoir to form a finger ring. It has two shallow grooves near edges to give stiffness. Flat wick burner unit that threads onto reservoir. It has flattened tube to hold wick. Adjusting screw to move wick up and down. Burner body has slightly concave disc soldered to top which has a series of small holes around its edge. Slot in center for burner tube. This rests on shallow roughly hemispherical piece that has rolled over bottom edge to connect it to bottom threaded piece. Above threads is small concave outward-flaring groove that leads to a vertical surface which then flares out to connect with top piece. Adjusting screw is a shaft with small flat knob riveted on end by peening over end of shaft. Some small decorative petals pressed into knob and slightly scalloped edge. Flat woven wick in wick tube. About 2.25" wicking which is brown, woven fiber material. Paper tag attached to finger ring: "DENNISON MFG. CO. U. S. A. / G" on tag grommet. Handwritten on one side in black ink: "James C. Sawyer Collections / Durham, N. H. / #32 Kerosene Lamp / (A C 48)" [tag removed and placed in accession file, 06/15/2012].
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Brass
Fiber - Dimensions:
- H-3 L-5.1 Dia-4.4 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection assembled by James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944) in Durham, NH. Donated by his sons, Charles H. and George F. Sawyer.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. and George F. Sawyer
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