Torch
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Small, handheld, gimbaled, single-burner oil or spirit lamp with urn-shaped body suspended by two ball-headed screws inside a scrolled rectangular frame or bracket that is attached to a short, reverse-baluster handle having five reels and a ball at both ends. Burned wick still in place. No marks. One of a pair of torches, 1978.0939.027-.028.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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 John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.028
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.028
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
objectType: label: Object Name
content: torch
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: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (wick material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 8 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 22.5425 cm x 6.6675 cm