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Oil Lamp with Snake Handle Oil Lamp
This is a oil lamp. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
- Inkwell
- H x diam.: 9.7 x 12.8 cm (3 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.).
- Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman.
- 1966-3-9
- Elephant and Palms Matchsafe
- silver.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1978-146-1101
- Seated Hindu Goddess Matchsafe
- silver.
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
- 1978-146-1208
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Lamp (USA)
- tin.
- Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1941-98-38-a,b
- Lamp (USA)
- blown and pressed glass, tin, cork.
- Gift of Mrs. W. Sterling Peters.
- 1942-26-1-a/d
- Lamp (England)
- enameled tôle.
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor.
- 1912-18-21
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 4 × 11.5 × 7 cm (1 9/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside base: [1] “26”, impressed
Cite this object as
Oil Lamp with Snake Handle Oil Lamp; possibly India; silver; H x W x D: 4 × 11.5 × 7 cm (1 9/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.); Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1931-66-3
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Lockwood de Forest, Frederic Church.
