Cornelius & Baker
Oil Lamp
1842
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Cornelius & Baker
Oil Lamp
1842
Physical Qualities
Bronze, gilt, glass, Base: 11 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.5 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm) Chimney: 11 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (29.8 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm) Globe: 7 x 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (17.8 x 22.2 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
2002.40
Gilt cast-bronze columnar base with six crocket-like terminations resting upon a double-step white marble base ornamented with gilt-bronze egg-and-dart molding. Lamp retains its original burner with remnants of a cylindrical wick. Glass chimney is mounted to a bronze cuff, decorated with small chasing/gadrooning. Glass spherical shade has etched stylized anthemion and cross-hatched diamond patterning. (3 pieces)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; Aileen Minor American Antiques,Centreville, MD
Markings: Marked on cuff of lamp "CORNELIUS & BAKER / PHILADELPHIA / PATENT / APRIL 1st 1843/PHILADELHPIA"
