Cast iron and glass kerosene lamp
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Owned by
content: William Sugg, American, 1828 - 1889
label: Owned by
content: Mary Elizabeth Sugg, American, 1839 - 1915
label: Owned by
content: Vernon Sugg McDonald, American, 1906 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: A glass and cast iron kerosene lamp. The base and connector are cast iron, designed with egg and dart ovals. The base and connector taper towards a glass font. The font is a round, squat clear glass, with repeating vertical lines around its bottom half. The font is the oil reservoir burner for a flat wick, however, the wick is now gone. At the top of the glass font is the cast iron collar and burner, with four prongs sticking up in the cardinal directions. A knob is on one of the sides. The lamp is missing a lamp chimney and shade. These would have connected to the iron collar and burner at the top. There is an engraving of letters underneath the base that is difficult to read.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Domestic 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 Bob and Sherri Brennan in memory of Vernon Sugg McDonald
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.316.5
objectType: label: Type
content: kerosene lamps
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: N/A
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cast iron and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (x Diameter): 10 5/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (27 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (Around Glas Globe): 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)