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Colorless pressed body; elongated font with pressed design of scalloped ring above tulip patterned walls with sloping shoulders surmounted by pewter collar; vase- and ring-turned pedestal support terminating in octagonal base; fitted for electricity.
whale oil lamps
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
flint glass
pewter (tin alloy)
pressing
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)
glass (material)
tin (metal)
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)
Glass
Pewter
Tulip
Pressed
LAMP, OIL
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
17.125 x 12.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.348
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