Fluid Lamp
Unknown American, American
1830-1860
Pewter
Overall: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Base: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift from the collection of Ethel and Robert E. Asher, Class of 1931
M.991.7.8
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furnishings: Lighting Device
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Provenance
Richard A. Bourne Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts; Robert E. Asher (1910-2008) and Ethel Watson Asher (1905-1987), Washington, D.C., 1982; given to present collection, 1991.
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