2-part Night Lamp

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Object Name: 
2-part Night Lamp
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
95.4.16
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H: 10.3 cm, L(incl. handle): 7.9 cm, D: 5.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1827-about 1835
Credit Line: 
Gift of James P. Day in memory of Mary Joan Day
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass, tin, cork; blown, pressed. Spherical font with applied handle and tin and cork drop burner for whale oil; applied straight stem with one medial button, applied circular pressed foot with rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Day, James P., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, pressed