Opium lamp

Museum number:
9-16319a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210916319a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3609
Description:
Opium lamp with cover and stand. Lamp is globe shape with metal wick holder at top, sticky residue inside and outside, bottom metal fitting wrapped in cloth. Glass lamp cover has round opening in top, paper label attached at base states "Made in China" and includes Chinese characters. Metal stand is round with a series of holes in top, three scrolled feet. A-glass lamp cover, height 16 cm., diameter 8.5 cm. B-glass lamp cover, length 8.5 cm. C-metal stand, height 3.5 cm., diameter 9 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Victor Vogel
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Glass (9-16319a) observed broken on 3/31/14.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Opium lamp, accession number 9-16319a-c, described as Opium lamp with cover and stand. Lamp is globe shape with metal wick holder at top, sticky residue inside and outside, bottom metal fitting wrapped in cloth. Glass lamp cover has round opening in top, paper label attached at base states "Made in China" and includes Chinese characters. Metal stand is round with a series of holes in top, three scrolled feet. A-glass lamp cover, height 16 cm., diameter 8.5 cm. B-glass lamp cover, length 8.5 cm. C-metal stand, height 3.5 cm., diameter 9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Opium lamp, accession number 9-16319a-c, described as Opium lamp with cover and stand. Lamp is globe shape with metal wick holder at top, sticky residue inside and outside, bottom metal fitting wrapped in cloth. Glass lamp cover has round opening in top, paper label attached at base states "Made in China" and includes Chinese characters. Metal stand is round with a series of holes in top, three scrolled feet. A-glass lamp cover, height 16 cm., diameter 8.5 cm. B-glass lamp cover, length 8.5 cm. C-metal stand, height 3.5 cm., diameter 9 cm.

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