Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Duplex double burner

Manufacturer Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co. (American, 1871 - 1960s)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1860

MediumBrass

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2019.3c

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 25

DescriptionFour parts of a lamp that complete the monumental blue glass overlay lamp that is already within the Chrysler Museum’s collection (object 71.4868). These parts include a glass lampshade, a glass chimney, a brass burner and a brass ring.

The lampshade fits over a slender reproduction chimney made of plain glass, and rests on top of a reproduction brass ring. An antique brass double-burner, marked as Plume and Atwood Duplex, completes the assemblage by screwing into the threads of lamp 71.4868’s collar (located at the top of the kerosene font) and would have accommodated two one-inch-wide wicks.
Label TextBoston & Sandwich Glass Co. Sandwich, Massachusetts Kerosene Lamps, ca. 1860–85 Blown, cased, and cut glass with marble and ormolu (applied gold) Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.4867–.4869 Lampshade, ca. 1860 Mold-blown, frosted, and cut glass with Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co. Waterbury, Connecticut Duplex Burner, ca. 1870s–80s Brass Museum purchase 2019.3 The geometric shapes cut into the glass of these lamps resemble the windows of Gothic cathedrals and details from Moorish architecture. Such designs made them very appealing to nineteenth-century Gilded Age American consumers, who sought objects with elaborate details and historical inspiration. Only the wealthy could afford these large kerosene lamps, in part because they required constant upkeep. At home, servants would trim the wicks, refill the oil font, polish the gold finishings, and clean the smoky glass shades.ProvenanceBrass burner and reproduction brass ring- Danny Horowitz; Stuart Feld of Hirschl & Adler Galleries