Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gas lighter
Object Number:
Z.2728
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 63 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 161.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Metal gas lighter with a long wooden handle; one circular tube attached with a molded metal cap to the center of the handle, straight tube with an open, foliate finial at the end; lighting tube not extant.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
