Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MAKER
Capen and Molineux
MEDIUM
Pewter, copper (?)
DATES
1848â1854
DIMENSIONS
3 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (9.8 x 8.9 x 7 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on underside, from top to bottom:
(1) "CAPEN &" within upward curving rectangle
(2) "N.Y" within rectangle
(3) "MOLINEUX" within downward curving rectangle [the ends of (1) almost touch the ends of (3), thereby framing (2)]
(4) "4"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
27.575
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Nursing or "sparking" lamp; cylindrical oil reservoir set on wider, hollow disk base; top of cylinder forms ridge then tapers up to round threaded mouth; round, flat cap screws into mouth and has narrow copper (?) feed tube projecting upward from center. Handle in shape of a truncated "S" with rounded ends (bottom half truncated) soldered to side of cylinder.
CONDITION: Good; base slightly bent and misshapen; few large pit marks on base and cap; scratches overall and a few small dings; corrosion visible inside feed tube.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Capen and Molineux. Lamp, 1848â1854. Pewter, copper (?), 3 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (9.8 x 8.9 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty, 27.575. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.575_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 27.575_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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