Ballot Box Torch Lamp

Item Information

Title:
Ballot Box Torch Lamp
Description:
Globular glass reservoir held between four painted tin posts and pierced square tin plates, iron bail handle with a tin collar; painted red, white and blue; globe holds wick and long metal collar.
Creator:
A & W Manufacturing Co.
Date:
1880–1900
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
glass (material)
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
torches (lighting devices)
kerosene lamps
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Tin
Glass
Painted
Molded
Places:
Illinois
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
7 in. x 4 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/2215
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.224
Identifier:
2215