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

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