- Manufactured by
- Press, American
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- opaque white glass with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 15/16 × 5 3/16 × 5 3/16 in. (27.8 × 13.2 × 13.2 cm)
- Description
- A milk glass table lamp from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The table lamp has a gold toned socket, neck, and locknut at the top. It has a black push through switch and a white, milk glass body. Along the side of the socket is upside down, stamped text that reads [660W-250V F[in circle]] and [PRESS / UL [in circle]]. The body is ginger jar shaped and the milk glass is molded in a quilted diamond pattern. The base of the lamp is gold toned metal and attached at the bottom and threaded through a hole in the side of the base is a white cord with a white plastic plug with two (2) metal prongs.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- table lamps
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




