Spirit Lamp

c. 1751

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John Patterson

Spirit Lamp

c. 1751

Physical Qualities Silver, 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (5.4 x 7 x 8.9 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore

Object Number 1933.54.24

Many 18th-century silversmiths advertised spirit lamps, but few examples survive. The only documentation of John Patterson’s career is a notice in the Maryland Gazette (January 23, 1851) announcing his intended departure from Maryland.

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD

Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 35, ill.