Torch
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- Description
- Small, handheld, gimbaled, single-burner oil or spirit lamp with urn-shaped body suspended by two ball-headed screws inside a scrolled rectangular frame or bracket that is attached to a short, reverse-baluster handle having five reels and a ball at both ends. No marks. One of a pair of handheld lamps or torches, 1978.0939.027-.028.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- torch
- Object Type
- Lighting Devices
- Other Terms
- Lamp; Lighting Devices; Whale Oil
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- United States
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- metal, white (handle material)
- cotton (wick material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 22.225 cm x 6.6675 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.027
- accession number
- 1978.0939
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.027
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Paul Remensnyder
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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