Object Number 2001.0033.235

Object Name

Lamp (Fat lamp)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Jefferson and Anne Miller Collection

Creator (Role)

John Long (Maker)
June 5, 1787-October 14, 1856

Place of Origin

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1840-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Sliding brass cover; "Manufactured by John Long" engraved in script letters.
2. Inscription; Sliding brass cover; "Mary Niess"

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Iron; Brass

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

10.25 (H) , 3 (W) , 4.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

26.035 (H) , 7.62 (W) , 10.795 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 181-182, cat. no. 86a.
[Catalogue] Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• For a similar lamp see fig. 95, p. 137.
[Article] Lasansky, Jeannette. 02//1981 Unusual Pennsylvania ironware. Antiques. 119 (2): 438-444.
• For a similar lamp see p. 440, fig, 2.