Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MAKER
Capen and Molineux
MEDIUM
Pewter
DATES
1848–1854
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 4 x 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Height excluding feed tubes: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on underside: "CAPEN & / N-Y / MOLINEUX" above "20"
INSCRIPTIONS
Old accession number painted in black on underside: "16010 - / - 131"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
27.574
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pewter lamp. Lamp in shape of cone which rises from flat round base in tapering steps to narrow round opening at top (forms the reservoir). Lamp decorated with wide band of repoussé decorations of flowers and scrolling patterns around middle step and narrower band of egg-and-dart pattern near top. Flat round lid screws into opening; two copper feed tubes extend upward at angle from the lid. Attached handle in shape of "?" soldered to side.
CONDITION: Fair; base badly bent on one side and has long open crack; badly tarnished; a few scratches and pit marks; spots of white corrosion around handle joins.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Capen and Molineux. Lamp, 1848–1854. Pewter, Overall: 4 x 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty, 27.574. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.574_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 27.574_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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