Oil lamp from the Jones-Hall-Sims House
date: label: Date
content: 1860-1900
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A clear glass oil lamp base from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The body, or font, of the lamp is a lozenge shape, smooth with one (1) horizontal ridge line around the top. The font connects to a thick lamp stem with a vertical rib pattern that widens into a pedestal base. The wick runs up through a metal oil lamp burner that is attached to the lamp at an opening at the top of the font. The Queen Anne style metal oil lamp burner has a wick raiser, a small peg on one side to turn to raise the wick as it is burned, and three (3) remaining feet out of the original four (4) feet that could be used to hold a lamp chimney in place. The remaining length of the wick descends into the lamp font.
place: label: Place used
content: Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Bradley and Shannon Rhoderick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.25.5
objectType: label: Type
content: oil 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, metal and cloth wick
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 1/2 × 6 × 6 in. (29.2 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)