Created by
Unidentified
Date
ca. 1890-1930
Medium
glass with copper and iron
Dimensions
H x W x D (overall): 19 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (49 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
H x W x D (chimney 2019.4b): 8 7/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 3/4 in. (22.5 × 10 × 7 cm)
H x W x D (lamp 2019.4a): 12 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (30.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Caption
As a young child, Virginia McLaurin remembers seeing and admiring this oil lamp in her grandparents’ home in Cheraw, South Carolina. Her grandparents lived in a log house which they built themselves on a two acre farm where they grew cotton, corn, peas, and butter or lima beans.
Description
A kerosene lamp with a cast iron filigree base and hand-painted glass body. The body of the lamp (2019.4a) features a green and white background with large pink roses. Numbers 346, in that order, are carved into the cast iron base, on the left and the right sides. The connector and burner are both copper alloy/brass and the glass chimney (2019.4b) is clear with a beaded rim. The lamp is missing its original glass shade.
Place used
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Type
kerosene lamps
Topic
American South
Domestic life
Families
Rural life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Virginia McLaurin
Object number
2019.4ab
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52dd607db-99a9-4f63-95ca-c09c17014f41

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