Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamps (pair)
Object Number:
INV.3991ab
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 4 in. ( 21.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamps; font has domed top above tapering cylinder with alternating medallions of diamond mesh or inner circles, and stylized lotus leaf bottom; font joined by wafer to hexagonal baluster standard mounted on hexagonal base with incurving sides; pewter collar.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
