Lamp, Oil

Object Name:

Lamp, Oil

Object ID:

2010.029.05.2

Place of Origin:

Pittsburgh, PA

Date:

1830-1850

Description:

Oil lamp, glass, one of a pair. From the Fogg-Rollins House, Exeter, NH. Colorless lead glass. Free-blown ovoid font with band of copper-wheel-engraved leaves and berries attached to blown baluster stem with wafer knop. Square pressed blown glass base with rounded corners and stepped pedestal supporting fluted shaft. Threaded Britannia collar with double wick burners.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-11.2 W-3.75 D-3.75 inches

Provenance:

One of a group of objects selected from the Fogg-Rollins House in Exeter. Built during the late 18th century, this historic house site, home to six generations of the Fogg and Rollins families, was left in trust by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995) to be established as a museum documenting the Fogg and Rollins families. Working with the NH Attorney General, the Fogg-Rollins trustees determined that there were neither sufficient assets nor public support for establishing a house museum, so sought to divide the property among interested museums and historical agencies in New Hampshire. The gift will include an endowment for the maintenance of the collection. The House contained the accumulation of six generations of family members, focusing on life in rural mid 19th-century Exeter. These objects selected by NHHS document early to mid 19th-century domestic life and trade as well as late 19th-century recreation and tourism.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Fogg-Rollins Charitable Trust