Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
1902.3
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pipe lighter
Object name
Pipe lighter
Date
ca. 1851
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 4 5/8 x 10 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 27.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Wrought silver pipe lighter; circular bowl with a band of beading applied around the rim and around the lower body; seated on a globular pedestal with three bands of beading; pedestal screwed onto a circular foot with a band of beading around the edge; two turned wooden handles at set into long, narrow cylindrical handle sockets applied to either side of the body; engraved on the base, "June 9th../ 1851." in script; no maker's marks.
Credit Line
Bequest of Major Philip Schuyler
Object Number
1915.19
Marks
engraved: on the base: "June 9th../ 1851." in script
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
