lamp, oil
lamp, oil
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lamp, Whale Oil
- lamp, oil
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- "colorless" (base color)
- "colorless" (font color)
- "colorless" (stem color)
- cork (burner material)
- glass, transparent (base material)
- glass, transparent (font material)
- glass, transparent (stem material)
- metal (burner material)
- string (burner material)
- mold blown (font production method/technique)
- mold blown (stem production method/technique)
- pressed (base production method/technique)
- tooled (stem production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 3/4 in x 4 in; 22.225 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0796.212abc
- accession number
- 1979.0796
- catalog number
- 1979.0796.212abc
- Credit Line
- Preston R. Bassett
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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