Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object name
Oil lamp
Date
1845-1870
Medium
Glass and metal
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Yellow pressed lead glass oil lamp; 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)
Object Number
1965.914b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
