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Kerosene Lamp

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1834-1867

GUSN

GUSN-6325

Description

Circular green painted tin font; brass burner supports bulbed colorless glass chimney which tapers in then flares out to a beaded rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

kerosene lamps
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
stamping (forming)
tin (metal)
Lamp
Lamp, Kerosene
Tin
Brass
Glass
Stamped
Lamp, Kerosene

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 x 4.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1230AB

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