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Start Over Object class Lamps (lighting devices) Object type ethnography Donor University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5598, described as Lamp; brass, cast; movable three-spouted font w/ lid mounted on vertical standard w; circular base; circular finial on standard; height: 47.2cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5595, described as Lamp; iron, cast; ovoid body; thumbscrew decorated w/ cock; movable handle w/ link at top for hanging; height: 20cm Miner's lamp; 19th century; cock used as "wake up" symbol; burned grease
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5601, described as Lamp; copper; circular dish-shaped; tubular wick holder riveted to bottom center; sm. hole drilled on one side; height: 5cm Simple grease burning lamp
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5604, described as Lamp; brass, cast & forged; circular base w/seven-spouted font; lid; circular finial linked w. chain, hook on end; height: 58cm JEwish Sabbath lamp; Shamas synagogue light, primarily functional; seven wicks equates w/ seven days of week.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5605, described as Lamp; brass, cast forged; urn shaped w/ pendant on bottom; 3 applied elongated inverted heart-shaped chain suspension bases; link chain attached to each base w/ cap, hook on end; height: 55cm
Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5597a-c, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5607, described as Lamp; brass; oval w/soldered brass bottom, lead top; brass spout w/ cotton wick on top; round brass screw know on top; body has incised lizared skin design; height: 17cm. (May be Japanese - :. Dawson, 1969)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5606, described as Lamp; brass; cylindrical vase-shaped font w/ lid; circular, quatrefoil & oval holes drilled into lid which has cross termination; 3 chains attached through lid to font; chain attached to cross; chains end w/ terminal cap w/ ring; height: 99cm Ecclesiastical function
Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 7-5596, described as Cruisie; lamp; brass forged; flat, pear-shaped bottom pan w/ spout; vertical rod riveted on base; link attached to rod; height: 15cm Wick rested on spout
Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 7-5602, described as Lamp; brass, cast, incised; movable 4- spouted font w/ lid mounted on vertical standard w/ circular scroll motif base; surfaces decorated w/ stylized floral & geometric designs; scroll-type finial on standard; utility rack mounted on standard w/ tweezers. snuffer & pick attacked by chains; height: 64cm. References: Thwing, "Flickering Flames", p.30, Pl. 13

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