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Culture:French (probably) or English
Title:student lamp
Date Made:ca. 1820
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:base metal: brass, tinned sheet iron, steel (?); paint
Place Made:France (probably) or United Kingdom; England
Measurements:overall: 17 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 6 in.; 44.45 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1653
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Brass lamp with painted green tin shade, sometimes called a student lamp, university light, or reading candlestick. The straight steel shaft is topped with a brass ring; the round drip pan has a thumb plate over a ring handle, a double leaf pattern around the rim edge, one candle holder with a gadrooned base, and is supported on an applied foot rim.

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