Identifier:
129584
Description:
Lamp which is stored in itself. Packaged in storage the lamp appears to be a metal canister with a flat lid. To assemble the lamp the body of the canister is inverted. The lid is placed onto the canister body, with the rim of its flat side resting over the edge of the canister (this lid becomes the body or fluid chamber of the lamp). Atop the inverted lid fits the decorative (bird design) rim. Finally the side of the glass globe/chimney which has the wider diameter fits into the decorative rim.;Identified by Bennet Bronson, Professor of History, University of Illinois Chicago, IL; tel: 312.665.7832.;Two Chinese graphs are on the lid/lamp which have yet to be translated. |
Date:
1840 – 1860
Materials:
Metal, Glass, Nickel Alloy
Dimensions:
6.5" h
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of Julia Wiarda
Related Entity:
Wiarda, Julia (donor)
Related Place:
China
