Oil lamp

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Oil lamp

Entry/Object ID

SS.62.327 a-e

Description

Oil-burning wall lamp: at rear, cylindrical fuel reservoir with truncated conical top and cup-shaped bottom, from which descending in slight curve, tube to shaft; attached to reservoir is half-cylindrical rectangular reflector; cylindrical shaft beneath floral-decorated juncture with oil tube, spool-shaped area containing several ventilation holes and terminating in pendant knob; at top of shaft, above collar, burner, with round, cruciform and lozenge-shaped air-holes, above burner, blown clear glass chimney, cylindrical, and nipped in above wick level; adjustment wheel marked: "THE P & A M'F'G CO VICTOR" in circle.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

P. & A. Manufacturing Company

Date made

circa 1850 - 1860

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.62.327 A-E

SS.62.327a-e

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

4-1/4 in

Depth

5 in

Length

9-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 5 x 9 3/4 in. (10.8 x 12.7 x 24.8 cm)

Material

Glass, brass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Electrified; burner replaced.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: "Victor" may be either the model name of the lamp, or the town in which it was manufactured. There are several Victors in America, one of which is in Ontario County, New York, near Geneva. There was a firm making lamps (from c.1867) in NYC by the name: Archer and Pancoast Mfg. Co. However, it seems unlikely that this usual order of partners' names would be reversed on any of that company's products.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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