Antique Weighted Silver Plate Oil Lamp

Item Details

An antique weighted silver plate oil lamp in the shape of a street light. The lamp has a weighted base and tapering post ending in a red glass oil reservoir. The lamp burner is on top and unscrews to allow access to refill the reservoir.

1938.0240

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

one post around the glass well is missing, two others are detached and the fourth may be reattached.

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-226