Inkwell or Lamp

Inkwell or Lamp

 
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Object Name: 
Inkwell or Lamp
Department
American
Place Made: 
probably United States
Date: 
1800-1899
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Dimensions: 
H: 6.2 cm, D(base): 4.4 cm
Accession Number: 
72.4.219
Credit Line: 
Gift of Preston Bassett
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless, non-lead glass; blown; tin. Cylindrical body; drop-in tin burners (?) with flat wick tube; applied handle with thumblatch at one side; rough pontil mark on circular base.
Provenance
Bassett, Preston, Source

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