Whale oil lamp has pewter collar with two incised rings; below, colorless glass font of pressed three-part mold glass, with rounded shoulders, eight elongated thumbprint facets, tapering to waist; applied base from two-part mold is conical with corresponding facets, octagonal base.
Date:
1835-1860
Maker:
unknown
Material:
glass (material), incising, pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)
GUSN:
6229
Accession Number:
1971.1186