Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Oil lamp base
Object Number:
1965.920a
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed glass oil lamp; septagonal bell-shaped font with pressed pattern of vertical lozenges; applied loop handle with crimped end; threaded brass collar.
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.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
