Burning Fluid Lamp
Burning Fluid Lamp
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp
- lamp, burning fluid
- Other Terms
- Lamp; Lighting Devices; Burning Fluid
- date made
- 1840 - 1860
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts
- place used
- United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
- Physical Description
- glass (lamp material)
- brass (burner caps, chain, tubes, disk, collar material)
- metal, Britannia (threaded portions of burner material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 in; 26.67 cm x 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- DL.59.2223
- accession number
- 220211
- catalog number
- 59.2223
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
- subject
- Lighting
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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