Object Number 1961.1692.002 A- D

Object Name

Lamp (Argand lamp)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Probably Sheffield or Birmingham, England (Fennimore, 1996, 252).

Date

1785-1795

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside of base; "MOV[illegible]" scratched in capitals.

Materials

Silverplate on copper (fused plate); Silverplate on brass; Brass; Glass; Tinned sheet iron; Silverplated copper (electroplated)

Techniques

Blown, Wheel-engraved, Cut

Dimensions (inches)

13.189 (H) , 5.236 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.5 (H) , 13.3 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter is of shade.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.161, p.252.
[Book] Crosskey, Gordon. 2011 Old Sheffield Plate A History of the 18th Century Plated Trade. 454.
• Lamps, pp. 315-17.