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Oil Lamp

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-4512

Description

Whale oil lamp. Decorated with incised lines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil lamps
incising
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Pewter
Incised
LAMP

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.625 x 4.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.234

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