DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Lamp

NameLamp

Artist Artist not recorded

CultureAmerican (Early)

Date1800

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumPewter, cotton, metal

Dimensions9 13/16 × 4 5/16 × 4 5/16 in. (25 × 11 × 11 cm)

Credit LineGift of Florence Dibell Bartlett

Object numberA.1955.1.13ab

Collections

The Florence Dibell Bartlett Collection

ProvenanceWritten on catalog card: "Purchased at Boston Antique Shop, Charles Street, Boston, Mass."

DescriptionThis oil lamp is comprised of pewter, a cotton wick on the interior of the lamp, and two metal prongs at the top that make a "v" shape. The overall color is dull silver. The base of the lamp is trumpeted with another smaller bell shape at the top where the metal prongs sprout from.