kerosene lamp

Object NameKerosene Lamp

Made Fromglass, brass

Dateabout 1865-1875

Place MadeUnited States, New England; United States, Midwestern

Techniqueblown, engraved, cut, pressed

SizeH: 60.1 cm, (base): 32.4 cm, (a): 17.7 cm, (b): 24.8 cm; D (a): 15.7 cm, (b): 8.2 cm

Accession Number79.4.101

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white and red glass; brass; blown, engraved and cut and pressed. Blown pear-shaped shade of colorless glass with engraved decoration of flowers and berries; baluster shaped chimney blown of colorless glass; brass kerosene burner marked "HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDEN PAT JAN 1860 [illeg.] PAT JAN 11 1859" on thumb wheel; font blown of colorless glass overlaid with opaque white and red glass and cut in a design of circles; attached by a brass stem to a pressed opaque white glass stem and square base.
Provenance

Source Carrie S. Ruggles - 1979-05-22