Lamp

Object Name:

Lamp

Object ID:

1965.013.427

Date:

1800-1825

Description:

Lamp. Clear glass, two-piece mold. Loop handle crimped at lower end and attached to body in manual, hot-glass process. Bell-shaped body with flat base. Fitted with a single font and wick for burning whale oil. Snuffer attached to font by a chain. Braided brown wick fiber inside. Number of small irregular swirl marks on outside of body around surface.

Material:

Glass
Metal
Textile

Dimensions:

H-4.9 W-3.2 D-2.7 Dia-2.7 inches

Credit Line:

Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers

People:

Rogers, Josephine (1887-1970)