Collection Highlights
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp w/electric cord
Object Number:
1965.926b
Date:
1847-860
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 font with tapering ovoid lower section 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.
