Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Oil lamp
Object name
Oil lamp
Date
1847-1870
Medium
Glass, brass, marble
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 33 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Oil lamp with colorless, pressed glass font, cast brass standard, and square marble base; flaring cup-shaped font in form of lotus blossom with domed top; columnar standard; brass collar and cover with splayed wick tubes.
Credit Line
Gift of W.R. Britton
Object Number
1939.502a
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this lamp belonged to John Ramage (ca.1748-1802), a miniature painter.
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
