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Copper and wrought iron betty lamp with round 1 inch deep copper well with an adjustable latch; has a wrought iron arm attached to the back and a wrought iron hook and knob. Measurements are not inclusive of the attached 6 1/2 inch hook.
betty lamps
casting (process)
copper (metal)
iron (metal)
wrought
Copper
Iron
Wrought
Cast
Lamp, Semiliquid
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
USA; England
4 1/2 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1494
Possibly United States
Possibly England (United Kingdom) [country]
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