Oil Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This type of lighting device is called a spout lamp. Made from tin, the top portion is a cup-like receptacle with a spout for the wick. The stem has a handle which terminates at the round base. Various kinds of oil could be used to illuminate the wick.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Lighting
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
label: Related Publication
content: Hough, Walter. Heating and Lighting Utensils in the National Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0965
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oil lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.4 cm x 12.7 cm; 9 3/16 in x 5 in