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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Lamp Holders
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:wood, maple, pine, tin, and bone
Measurements:Holder Height 10 3/4 in. Diam. 9 1/4 in. Lamp Height 3 1/2 in. Diam. 3 3/8 in.
Accession Number:  MH SK B.13.A.25.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: A pair of small tin "peg" lamps with double burner for whale oil. Each set in a very unusual holder, consisting of a maple pail cut vertically in half and fitted with a pine lobed base, inlaid with two bone diamonds and an arrow. Three small mirrors at the back for reflectors. Holder Height 10 3/4" Diam. 9 1/4". Lamp Height 3 1/2" Diam. 3 3/8". Cat. 1933.

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