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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Whale Oil Lamp
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Whale Oil Lamp

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850-1860
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4358
Not on view
DescriptionFluid burning lamp of pressed glass. Star & punty pattern hexagonal stem & base. Opaque jade green glass.

Exhibition HistoryEast Side Window, 1959. Published ReferencesMcKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, pl. 198, #18.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1828-1835
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
ca. 1830-1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
ca. 1830-1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
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