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Trammel Lamp

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1750-1800

GUSN

GUSN-2336

Description

Iron candleholder and rush light holder on slender rod fitted to adjustable trammel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lamps (lighting devices)
iron (metal)
rush (material)
wrought
rushlight holders
Iron
Wrought
Rush
Lamp

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.344

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