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Lamp, Whale-Oil
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Lamp, Whale-Oil

Place of OriginProbably eastern United States
Date1827-1830
DimensionsH: 5 in. (12.7 cm); Base Diam: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1969.189
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 189, no. 23 (lamp with a base that appears to be like this one).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 314, no. 366.

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