Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Whale oil lamp
Object Number:
1919.12
Date:
1845-1860
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 24.8 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; font composed of dome on top of lobed trumpet connecting stem with multiple lobed knops to hexagonal trumpet-shaped base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Grace A. Garrison
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
