Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
INV.3776
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 11.4 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed conical font impressed with six vertical rows of two and one-half block and printie patterns joined by hexagonal knop to hexagonal pedestal base; lamp pressed in one multi-part mold; pewter threaded collar and flared double wick holder (does not fit lamp and is probably not original).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
