Press milk glass table lamp from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Press, American
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A milk glass table lamp from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The table lamp has a gold toned socket, neck, and locknut at the top. It has a black push through switch and a white, milk glass body. Along the side of the socket is upside down, stamped text that reads [660W-250V F[in circle]] and [PRESS / UL [in circle]]. The body is ginger jar shaped and the milk glass is molded in a quilted diamond pattern. The base of the lamp is gold toned metal and attached at the bottom and threaded through a hole in the side of the base is a white cord with a white plastic plug with two (2) metal prongs.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.36
objectType: label: Type
content: table 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: opaque white glass with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 15/16 × 5 3/16 × 5 3/16 in. (27.8 × 13.2 × 13.2 cm)