Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Camphene lamp
Object Number:
1947.478
Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Pewter, copper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 13.7 x 9.5 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Two copper wick ovoid camphene lamp attached to saucer base with C-shaped handle; saucer rim and middle of ovoid decorated with rows of bead; pewter wick covers attached by metal chains.
Gallery Label:
This is probably a camphene lamp because of the longer wicks. Camphene lamps were generally used in 1845-1850.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
