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Lamp frame

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-20410

Description

Brass-plated frame for hall hanging lamp. Constructed of a thin metal bulb-shaped frame w/ coiled wire patterning. Frame connected at bottom to a pressed tin candle holder w/ foliate detail and a drop finial. The cast-iron loop at top for hanging has a pressed tin foliated base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candle lamps
casting (process)
iron (metal)
pressing
tin (metal)
Tin
Iron
Pressed
Slip Cast
LAMP, CANDLE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28 x 15.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3577

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