Kerosene Lamp Chimney
c. 1870
19th Century
11 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Household Object
Medium and Support:
glass
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Ellen Ely
Accession Number:
1972.1.9
A clear glass lamp chimney formed into a slender tube which constricts at the bottom, then widens to form a slightly broader base. Chimneys of this type were used on lamps with Argand burners in the 1870s. This belongs to a set of 6 chimneys which may have all been part of a hanging lamp fixture with several fonts.