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On Display: House - Pennsylvania Folk Art Room
Lamp (Fat lamp)
John Long
1840-1850
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Long (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Iron
- Brass
Museum Object Number
2001.0033.235
Credit Line/Donor
Jefferson and Anne Miller Collection
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Object Number
2001.0033.235
Object Name
Lamp (Fat lamp)
Category
Metals - Jefferson and Anne Miller Collection
Creator (Role)
John Long (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1840-1850
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Sliding brass cover
Inscription: "Manufactured by John Long" engraved in script letters.
Type: Inscription
Location: Sliding brass cover
Inscription: "Mary Niess"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Iron
- Brass
Techniques
- Wrought
Dimensions (inches)
10.25 (H) x 3 (W) x 4.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
26.035 (H) x 7.62 (W) x 10.795 (D)
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.