Colorless molded glass with tin cap; round dome; hexagonal shoulder; chalice-shape hexagonal body; single molded heart on each hexagon panel with alternating circular and diamond pattern in center of hearts; stepped round and hexagonal neck rings; flared hexagonal stem; stepped hexagonal base; electrical fittings applied to tin cap; silk lampshade.
oil lamps
flint glass
glass (material)
Glass
LAMP, OIL
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
9 1/4 (H), 4 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.649A
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