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On Display: House - Pennypacker Hall W/Fireplace
Lamp (Oil lamp)
1830-1840
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass
- BRASS
Museum Object Number
1959.1137
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1137
Object Name
Lamp (Oil lamp)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
New England; United States; North America
Date
1830-1840
Materials
- Glass
- BRASS
Techniques
- Pressed
- Blown
- Wheel-engraved
Dimensions (inches)
12.677 (H) x 3.543 (W) x 3.701 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
32.2 (H) x 9 (W) x 9.4 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Similar lamp (1959.1136) illustrated: no. 321, pp. 338- 39Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Much the same base form on candlestick: p. 206, no. 801, New England, c. 1830-40