Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
1965.926a
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 23.2 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp;domed, tapering ovoid font pressed with alternating circles and stars; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard and hexagonal base; brass collar.
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
