Object Details
- Description
- This type of lighting device is called a spout lamp. Made from tin, the top portion is a cup-like receptacle with a spout for the wick. The stem has a handle which terminates at the round base. Various kinds of oil could be used to illuminate the wick.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0965
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0965
- Object Name
- oil lamp
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23.4 cm x 12.7 cm; 9 3/16 in x 5 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Hough, Walter. Heating and Lighting Utensils in the National Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Lighting
- European Apothecary
- Record ID
- nmah_994401
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7928-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
