Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CULTURE
American
MEDIUM
Pewter
DATES
19th century
DIMENSIONS
9 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (24.1 x 13.3 x 11.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
27.526
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pewter oil lamp. Round disk base with stepped edge is sunken on top; tall narrow cylindrical shaft rises from center of base, decorated with incised lines; bracket-shaped handle soldered to shaft above midpoint. Shaft supports small bowl-like oil well with sides that flare slightly toward shoulder, then taper in around collar and rise to round mouth; hinge on side of mouth for now-lost lid. On side of well opposite hinge (and handle of shaft), a large feed tube projects from bottom edge of well then curves upward as it tapers; saucer-shaped collar around opening (for flame).
CONDITION: Fair; badly tarnished and dirty; base is bent and misshapen, causing shaft to lean to one side; crack in top of handle; underside of base shows whitish corrosion; join of shaft and well shows modern soldering; dents and scratches in reservoir; collar around feed tube bent; lid missing.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
American. Lamp, 19th century. Pewter, 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (24.1 x 13.3 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
, 27.526. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.462.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 27.462.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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