Night lamp

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Object Name: 
Night lamp
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
81.4.32
Dimensions: 
H: 14.4 cm, D (base): 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1890
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Gertrude Christman Melvin
Primary Description: 
Colorless/opalescent glass; brass; pressed. Colorless pressed hollow circular stem with a hobnail design; opalescent font with colorless circle in rows; brass collar with "PAT'D APR 13 1878/ MCH 21 1878", brass kerosene burner.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Melvin, Crandall, Jr. (1928-2003), Source
Color: 
Colorless, opalescent
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (1)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 113, #78; BIB# AI9252