| Catalog Number |
CAS 0216-0218 |
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| Category |
Jewelry & Metalwork; Lamps |
| Object Name |
Lamp |
| Culture |
Euro-American |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Massachusetts |
| County |
Nantucket |
| Other Geographic
Data |
Island: Nantucket |
| Maker's Name |
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| Date of Manufacture |
1700s |
| Collection Name |
Allen Collection of Lamps |
| Materials |
Metal: Brass; Iron; String |
| Description |
Ship's lamp consisting of a short, round, cylindrical oil reservoir with a flat screw top that includes two short cylindrical whale oil burners on small circular disk and a 3rd cylindrical that is possibly for burning camphene or an air vent or a holder for the flame snuffer which is affixed by a chain; Heavy iron bale handle is attached to sides of reservoir and includes heavy extending armature for hanging lamp or impaling it on ship's timbers; Length of wick is inside reservoir. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 6.0, Max Diam = 7.1 |