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Electric Lamp

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1900-1924

GUSN

GUSN-72680

Description

Multi candlesticks; striped, peasant, foliate motifs; shade holder

Details

Descriptive Terms

electric lamps (lighting device forms)
brass (alloy)
earthenware
paper (fiber product)
glazing (coating)
tin glaze
tin (metal)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
figure- and animal-derived motifs
peasants
Earthenware
Brass
Unidentified Paper
Tin Glazed
Foliage
Peasant
LAMP, ELECTRIC

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Quimper (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Finistere, France

Dimensions

13.875 (H), 4.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2772.2

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