Oil lamp

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Oil lamp

Entry/Object ID

SS.62.396 a-c

Description

Oil-burning wall lamp: at rear, cylindrical fuel reservoir, with inner cylinder visible as capstan-shaped top; above inverted bell-shaped bottom of reservoir, tube curves in gentle S-shape downward to shaft; no reflector; cylindrical shaft, with spool-shaped area (below tube juncture) perforated with several round ventilation holes, beneath which shaft ends in inverted bell shape; at top of shaft, burner with round, cruciform, and diaper air-holes in mantle, and wick adjustment wheel; cylindrical clear blown glass chimney, nipped in above wick level; wick 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.62.396 A-C

SS.62.396a-c

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

3 in

Depth

10-1/2 in

Length

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 x 10 1/2 x 10 in. (7.6 x 26.7 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Glass, brass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Electrified (burner removed); shaft pendant missing.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

SS.62.426 a-c - Oil lamp - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: "Victor" might be either the model name of the lamp, or the town in which it was manufactured. There were several Victors in America, mostly in the west. However, one such town is in Ontario County, New York, near Geneva. There was a firm making lamps (from c.1867) in NYC: the Archer and Pancoast Mfg. Co.; but it does not seem likely that this usual order of the partners' names would be reversed on any of the company's products.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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