Electrified Hanging Lantern
12 " x 26". Clear glass, etched foliate and floral decorations. Smoke bell. Used in entrance hallways from the 1830s onwards. Whale oil fuel originally.
NATIONAL DAR
Cherry Hill
c.1830-1850
Physical object
Pedestal black marble-top table
Crotch-grained mahogany veneer
c. 1830-1850.
English
Physical Object
Astral Lamps
Fuel for lamps like these was refined whale oil. This lamp was most popular in the United States in the 1830s and 1840s. Our lamps here are old reproductions that have no place for whale oil.
FALLS CHURCH DAR
Cherry Hill
c. 1830-1850
English
Physical Object