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Electric Lamp

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1900-1930

GUSN

GUSN-51013

Description

A dark green glass bottle with tapering tubular neck, rounded shoulders and a cylindrical body. It is carved with a woven wicker and fitted with brass tone electrical socket, harp and turned finial and mounted on a turned wooden base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

electric lamps (lighting device forms)
glass (material)
wicker
wood (plant material)
Glass
Wicker
BOTTLE/LAMP, ELECTRIC

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15 x 7.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.630

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