Burning Fluid Lamp
date: label: date lamp made
content: ca 1850
label: burner patent date
content: 1853-10-04
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place lamp made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place burner invented and patented
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Lighting
label: Subject
content: Patented
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 Preston R. Bassett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0568.144
label: accession number
content: 1979.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0568.144
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp
label: Object Name
content: lamp, burning fluid
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Object Type
content: Lighting Devices
label: Other Terms
content: Lamp; Lighting Devices; Burning Fluid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (lamp body; burner material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (burner tubes material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire cloth, brass (burner cage material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/16 in x 5 1/4 in; 20.79625 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 6 15/16 in x 5 1/4 in; 17.62125 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: burner: 5 1/8 in x 1 7/16 in; 13.0175 cm x 3.65125 cm