Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
INV.552
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass peg oil lamp with spherical font with inturned lip and applied handle crimped at lower terminal attached to solid peg with pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
Peg lamps were designed to fit into a candlestick.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
