Palace
Object Name3-Part Burning Fluid Lamp in “Palace” Pattern
MakerProbably
New England Glass Company
(1818-1878)
Made FromLead Glass, Tin
Dateabout 1855-1870
Place MadeUnited States, probably MA, Cambridge
TechniquePressed, threaded
SizeOverall H: 29.5 cm; Lamp H: 25.75 cm
Accession Number50.4.427
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionBurning Fluid Lamp in 3 Components. Lead glass, colorless; pressed; tin tumbler-like (truncated cone) fluid-well with short neck with brass threaded collar and two-wick camphene burner, and, fitted over top of well, a pressed rounded glass collar with circle of printies; fluid-well fitted into pressed receiver, rim of glass collar setting over short neck of receiver in waffle and thumbprint pattern; hollow hexagonal standard with large pestle stem on high plinth, domed hollow inside.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
