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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

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Lamp (England)
  • enameled tôle.
  • Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor.
  • 1912-18-21
  • Betty Lamp
  • earthenware, turned wood.
  • Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1941-98-41-a,b

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.

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