Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamps (pair)
Object Number:
1965.914ab
Date:
1845-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (22.9 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm)
Description:
Pair of yellow pressed lead glass oil lamps; ovoid font with six oval panels in relief on hexagonal incurving stem on hexagonal pedestal base; entire lamp pressed in one multi-part mold; pewter and tin collar and double wick holder for whale oil.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
