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hand lamp

hand lamp

Object Name2-part Hand Lamp
Gaffer Julius Stanger
Manufacturer Isabella Glass Works
Made FromGlass, tin, cork
Dateabout 1840-1850
Place MadeUnited States, NJ, New Brooklyn
TechniqueFree blown, applied decoration, applied
SizeOverall H (with burner): 19.7 cm; Body Diam (at handle): 10.5 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm
Accession Number55.4.172
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical Description2-part Hand Lamp. Transparent pale aquamarine glass; wear marks at base; free blown; flat foot with rough pontil mark, graduated multiple-knop stem, cone-shaped font with top sloping to short cylindrical lip; tin two-wick whale-oil burner set in cork (probably the original burner); applied solid ear-shaped handle.
Provenance
Source McKearin Antiques - 1955-11-12

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