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DateEarly 1800s
Terms
- Lamps
- Glass
- Iron
- England
Dimensions17.77 × 7.61 cm (7 × 3 in.)
MarkingsStamped on thumpiece "Shaw". These were imported from Birmingham, England in large quantities in the early 1800s.
Credit LineBequest of Colonel George Lincoln Prescott (1941)
Object numberH2049.0001B
DescriptionPeg-top lamp. Base is a candlestick of iron. Has a spur to hang it up by and a slot plunger. Top is a glass globe with a stem to fit into the base, grooved on the lower half. Glass shade of lamp in NS, shelf 7.
Object number: H2049.0001B.1
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