Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
INV.511
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font on peg support joined by bobeche to candlestick-type base with inverted baluster support with molded shells and "C" scrolls to circular trumpet-shaped base with molded shells and three scroll feet.
Gallery Label:
Though stylistically it appears to date to the early nineteenth-century, the only published parallel to this lamp is French or Belgian and dates to the late-nineteenth or early-twentieth century.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
