Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp of pink glass w/wheat motif
Object name
Oil lamp of pink glass w/wheat motif
Date
1830-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 14 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with slight pink tint with blown font and pressed base; spherical font with vertical rim joined by stem with bladed knop to base formed of inverted cup plate (Lee-Rose 31) decorated with molded rays and sheaves of wheat; pontil mark.
Object Number
INV.4024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
