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1820-1900
GUSN-288577
Electrified lamp with marble and brass base rising to fluted column; blue, white and colorless glass oil reservoir cut with star pattern. Modern silk shade.
oil lamps
cased glass
brass (alloy)
silk (textile)
Lamp, Oil
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
17 3/4 x 5 x 4 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.297
1820-1900 (Probably)
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