Burning Fluid Lamp
date: label: date lamp made
content: mid 19th century
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place lamp made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Dorchester
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 Preston R. Bassett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0568.147
label: accession number
content: 1979.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0568.147
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 material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (burner collar material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass, gilt (burner material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (burner tubes material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 28.8925 cm x 11.1125 cm
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 9 1/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 23.1775 cm x 11.1125 cm
label: Measurements
content: burner: 2 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 5.715 cm x 9.2075 cm