Collection Highlights
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
L.1927.1
Outer case of painted pine; inner till of mahogany with ivory and brass.
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Oil lamp
Object name
Oil lamp
Date
1840-1880
Medium
Glass, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 5 in. ( 27.9 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Blue and colorless blown lead glass oil lamp; blue oviod font joined by wafer to dumb-bell shaped stem joined to conical base with pontil mark; threaded brass collar.
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number
1953.678b
Gallery Label
1953.678a abd 1953.678b may be a pair, but their stems are different.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
