lamp, whale oil

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Object Details

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Preston R. Bassett

ID Number

1979.0796.60

accession number

1979.0796

catalog number

1979.0796.60

Object Name

Lamp, Whale Oil

Physical Description

"colorless" (font color)

blue (base color)

glass, transparent (font material)

glass, translucent (base material)

cobalt (joint piece popular color name)

blown (base production method/technique)

blown (font production method/technique)

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-f1da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_586242