Oil lamp
Name/Title
Oil lampEntry/Object ID
SS.62.682 a-dDescription
Oil-burning wall lamp: at rear, cylindrical fuel reservoir, with inner cylinder, showing in truncated conical top, and cup-shaped bottom, from which descends, in slight curve, tube to shaft; attached to reservoir is half-cylindrical rectangular reflector; cylindrical shaft with, beneath juncture of tube, spool-shaped area containing ventilation holes and terminating in pendant knob; at top of shaft, above collar, burner, with round air-holes and adjustment wheel; on mantle, small lever; above burner, clear blown glass chimney, cylindrical, and nipped in above wick level; adjustment wheel marked: "JONES PAT.JAN.11.1858" in circle.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
JonesAttribution
MakerDate made
circa 1858Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
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Other Numbers
SS.62.682 A-D
SS.62.682a-d