Burning Fluid Lamp

Date Made: mid 19th centuryDate Lamp Made: ca 1830Date Burner Made: ca 1850

Location: Currently not on view

Place Lamp Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, DorchesterPlace Burner Made: United States

Subject: Lighting

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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Preston R. Bassett

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0568.062Accession Number: 1979.0568Catalog Number: 1979.0568.062

Object Name: Lamplamp, burning fluidObject Type: Lighting DevicesLighting DevicesOther Terms: Lamp; Lighting Devices; Burning Fluid

Physical Description: pewter (lamp body material)brass (burner; burner tubes material)cotton (wicks material)Measurements: overall: 7 in x 3 13/16 in; 17.78 cm x 9.68375 cmlamp: 5 1/8 in x 3 13/16 in; 13.0175 cm x 9.68375 cmburner: 1 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-a826-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_306805

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