Milk Glass Lamp

Item Information

Title:
Milk Glass Lamp
Description:
Square "Lion Base" lamp; round applied chamber above with brass and tin wick holder attached at top.
Creator:
New England Glass Co.
Date:
1834–1867
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
lead glass
opaque white glass
glass (material)
lamps (lighting devices)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Panthera leo (species)
heads (representations)
Glass
Lion
Places:
Maine > York (county) > York Harbor
Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.)
Extent:
7.469 in. x 3.125 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/4156
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
Accession #:
1977.445B
Identifier:
4156