Museum object · Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Kerosene lamp
ca. 1890-1930
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A kerosene lamp with a cast iron filigree base and hand-painted glass body. The body of the lamp (2019.4a) features a green and white background with large pink roses. Numbers 346, in that order, are carved into the cast iron base, on the left and the right sides. The connector and burner are both copper alloy/brass and the glass chimney (2019.4b) is clear with a beaded rim. The lamp is missing its original glass shade.
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Catalog reference: 2019.4ab