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Clear glass chimney (replacement); cylindrical, slightly bulbous below waist, tapering again to base; lamp is brass plated copper; foot has punched quatrefoil motif at base, steps upward to ring turned stem which has punched air vents; font is bulbous with ring turning and stepped shoulder to cylindrical burner screw cap on shoulder.
kerosene lamps
brass (alloy)
plate (material)
copper (metal)
glass (material)
punching (surface marking technique)
quatrefoils
Lamp
Lamp, Kerosene
Copper
Brass
Glass
Punched
Quatrefoil
Lamp, Kerosene
Chimney stamped ""MACBETH No 123 PEARGLASS D""; lamp stamped on side of shoulder ""THE ROCHESTER"" PAT JAN 15 1884.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
11.75 (H), 6.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1046AB
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