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Oil Lamp

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-50641

Description

A colorless glass with a hexagonal shaped lantern with a domed top and hexagonal base. It is in a star and punty pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil lamps
glass (material)
pressing
stars
Glass
Pressed
Star
LAMP, OIL

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9.875 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.76

Places

Probably Massachusetts (United States)
probably

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