Lamp, Oil
- Object Name:
- Lamp, Oil
- Object ID:
- 1975.081.02
- Creator:
- Schering & Glatz
- Place of Origin:
- New York NY
- Date:
- 1899
- Description:
- Oil Lamp. Glass and Ceramic. Two-part molded glass body with small finger ring attached in separate hot-glass process. Squat bulbous shape that leads to tapered neck on top. Neck has partially ground surface on outside. Small truncated cone-shaped wick holder of porcelain that sits on top surface with smaller diameter sleeve that fits inside glass neck. White woven round wick. Cylindrical cap with rounded top made of glass with ground tapered surface at inside bottom surface of cap. Tapers into lamp body. Top surface of cap is small decorative groove molded into it. Paper label on base and underneath. Also etched on base is "Schering's Form Alin Lamp."
- Material:
- Glass
Ceramic
Fiber - Dimensions:
- H-3.4 W-3.4 D-2.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired from Camp Pasquaney, Bristol NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Camp Pasquaney
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