Kerosene lamp
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890-1930
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: As a young child, Virginia McLaurin remembers seeing and admiring this oil lamp in her grandparents’ home in Cheraw, South Carolina. Her grandparents lived in a log house which they built themselves on a two acre farm where they grew cotton, corn, peas, and butter or lima beans.
label: Description
content: A kerosene lamp with a cast iron filigree base and hand-painted glass body. The body of the lamp (2019.4a) features a green and white background with large pink roses. Numbers 346, in that order, are carved into the cast iron base, on the left and the right sides. The connector and burner are both copper alloy/brass and the glass chimney (2019.4b) is clear with a beaded rim. The lamp is missing its original glass shade.
place: label: Place used
content: Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Virginia McLaurin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: kerosene lamps
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass with copper and iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 19 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (49 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (chimney 2019.4b): 8 7/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 3/4 in. (22.5 × 10 × 7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (lamp 2019.4a): 12 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (30.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)