lantern

Object NameWhale Oil Lantern

Maker Brooklyn Flint Glass Works (1840-1868)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1851-1868

Techniquemold-blown

SizeH(with handle): 46.5 cm, (without): 30.5 cm, D(base): 13.9 cm

Accession Number72.4.25

Credit LineGift of Preston Bassett

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States, NY, Brooklyn

Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; mold-blown; brass. Brass ring handle attached to brass dome with scrolled cut-outs; baluster-shape mold-blown chimney fitting into a cylindrical brass base with double whale oil burner, the whole surrounded by cage of brass wires soldered to brass top and bottom; stamped in base: "The Brooklyn Flint Glass Co/30/South William St./NY/H & J Sangsters Pat.".
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