Opalescent glass, six-paneled whale oil hand lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.
whale oil lamps
hand lamps
glass (material)
pewter (tin alloy)
Lamp
Lamp, Oil
Lamp, Oil
C57
Unknown
3 1/2 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of C. Malcom Watkins
2000.1978
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