Whale Oil Lamp
date: label: date made
content: 1814 - 1856
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Beverly
topic: label: Subject
content: Lighting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alma R. Duckworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.300859.0006
label: catalog number
content: 300859.0006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp
label: Object Name
content: lamp
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Other Terms
content: Lamp; Lighting Devices; Whale Oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: screwed together (burner connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: screwed together (lamp connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (burner material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, pewter (lamp material)
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 6 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in