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Lamp: transparent vaseline colored body with flared foot on bulbed and faceted stem. Square and thumbprint pattern ("three block and punty") on hexagonal font with domed top and brass collar. Shade: frosted white glass with thin neck and rippled flared mouth with grapes and vine etching. Fitted for electricity.
whale oil lamps
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
brass (alloy)
plate (material)
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
frosting
plating (metal coating)
pressing
opaque white glass
glass (material)
vine scrolls
fingerprints
Brass
Pressed
Plated
Glass
Frosted
Etched
Vine
Thumbprint
LAMP, OIL
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
19.625 x 5.375 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.379.1
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