Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
INV.673
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 in. ( 15.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; bell-shaped font with pressed pattern of concave circles and stars with capped handle with hexagonal profile; threaded brass collar with flared double wick holder with covers on chain.
Gallery Label:
These lamps are known as hand lamps or night lights. According to the accession records, this is a camphene lamp that burned a fluid made from a distillate of camphor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
