Whale-oil lamp

1825-1840

Measurements

9-3/4 in x 3-1/4 in x 3-1/4 in

Materials

Colorless glass, iron (burners)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation

Accession Number

1984.48

Provenance

The whale-oil lamp was purchased from the Stradlings of New York City for use in the Wilson-Warner House.

Comments

The whale-oil lamp has iron burners fitted atop a blown oil reservoir that in turn attaches to a press-glass base.  Threading covers the join.  The lamp may have been made in either the South Boston Flint Glass Works (1811-1843) or the Phoenix Glass Works (1824-1870), both businesses of Thomas Cains (1779-1865).