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Brass wall lamp (A) with beaded shade (B) and chimney (C); Persian; ice cream cone shape with reticulated-dome shaped shade; maroon beads hanging from shade. Base is cone shaped with embossed and engraved design of branches, birds and humans with oustretched arms; finial at bottom of cone; arm attached to wall has crescent and scroll design.
kerosene lamps
brass (alloy)
embossing
engraving (printing process)
plastic (organic material)
Brass
Plastic
Stipple Engraved
Embossed
LAMP, KEROSENE
Embossed on knobs: ""P/ DUPLEX/ A""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Possibly E. M. Duplex & Co. (Manufacturer)
Middle East
27.5 (H), 8.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.315A-C
New York state (United States)
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