Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
1965.545
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 28.3 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Oil lamp with opaque pink and white cased glass font; blown, colorless font dipped first in opaque white glass and then in opaque pink glass; cut decoration consists of a band of alternating ovals and stars, and a band of connecting circles with connected narrow ovals forming zig-zag pattern above them; stem has swirled canes of red, white, and blue glass inside colorless, tooled exterior; circular base; metal collar.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Provenance:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
