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Clay Lamp

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

GUSN

GUSN-10608

Description

Squat, round clay lamp with handle and spout. [see cataloguing worksheet for diagram]

Details

Descriptive Terms

lamps (lighting devices)
casting (process)
clay
Clay
Slip Cast
Lamp

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.496

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