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Maker(s):Gleason, Roswell (possibly)
Culture:American (1799-1887)
Title:lamp
Date Made:ca. 1840
Type:Lighting
Materials:base metal: pewter
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Dorchester
Accession Number:  HD 2016.38.61
Credit Line:Gift of John and Helen Radavich
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Whale oil lamp, u-shaped font, stem, and wide, stepped, round base, original burner, good shape. white paper label on base, #66. Wayne Hilt, pewter expert and dealer, attributes this unmarked oil lamp to Roswell Gleason of Dorchester, MA. Roswell Gleason was a prolific maker of all types of pewter, including porringers. He worked in Dorchester, MA from 1822-1871.

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