Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Argand lamp
Object Number:
1940.49a-e
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 8 in. ( 52.1 x 44.4 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
raised on brass plaque below glass globe: "J. B. Wilbor / New York"
Description:
Set of three brass Argand lamps, one (1940.49a-e) with two arms; with an urn atop column, foliate- edged ring around top of urn with two eagles, and lotus finial; holes to hang prisms on urn ring and central foliate ring; frosted glass shades with floral motifs: cylindrical glass chimneys.
Gallery Label:
These lamps belonged to the Clinton family. The prisms are missing from them.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Clinton Brown, presented in memory of Caroline Hamilton Brown
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
