Whale Oil Lamp
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1850
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.300859.0014
label: catalog number
content: 300859.0014
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp
label: Object Name
content: lamp, whale oil
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: inserted (burner connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: inserted (lamp connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, pewter (lamp material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (burner material)
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 11.3 cm x 9.9 cm; 4 7/16 in x 3 7/8 in