Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

glass, metal and cloth wick

Dimensions:

H x W: 11 1/2 × 6 × 6 in. (29.2 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)

Type:

oil lamps

Place used:

Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1860-1900

Description:

A clear glass oil lamp base from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The body, or font, of the lamp is a lozenge shape, smooth with one (1) horizontal ridge line around the top. The font connects to a thick lamp stem with a vertical rib pattern that widens into a pedestal base. The wick runs up through a metal oil lamp burner that is attached to the lamp at an opening at the top of the font. The Queen Anne style metal oil lamp burner has a wick raiser, a small peg on one side to turn to raise the wick as it is burned, and three (3) remaining feet out of the original four (4) feet that could be used to hold a lamp chimney in place. The remaining length of the wick descends into the lamp font.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black interiors  Search this

Communities  Search this

Domestic life  Search this

Emancipation  Search this

Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Bradley and Shannon Rhoderick

Object number:

2009.25.5

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Exhibition:

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd539a33fca-69c7-4af5-a1b6-3732cfc2ae17

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.25.5