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Betty Lamp with Reflector

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

GUSN

GUSN-309286

Description

Cast iron betty lamp with copper reflector, stamped "Gluck auf"

Details

Descriptive Terms

betty lamps
wrought iron (iron alloy)
Lamp
Lamp, Semiliquid
Lamp, Betty
Lamp, Betty

Inscription

"GLUCK AUF" over crossed picks (Traditional German miners' greeting, "Good Luck")

Additional Identification Number

D27

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of C. Malcom Watkins

Accession Number

2000.1776

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