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Lamp

• Maker: Capen and Molineux
• Medium: Pewter
• Place Made: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: 1848-1854
• Dimensions: Overall: 4 x 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm) Height excluding feed tubes: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
• Markings: Impressed on underside: "CAPEN & / N-Y / MOLINEUX" above "20"
• Inscriptions: Old accession number painted in black on underside: "16010 - / - 131"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 27.574
• Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
• Image: Overall, 27.574_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Capen and Molineux. Lamp, 1848-1854. Pewter, Overall: 4 x 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm) Height excluding feed tubes: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty, 27.574 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.574_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Pewter lamp. Lamp in shape of cone which rises from flat round base in tapering steps to narrow round opening at top (forms the reservoir). Lamp decorated with wide band of repoussé decorations of flowers and scrolling patterns around middle step and narrower band of egg-and-dart pattern near top. Flat round lid screws into opening; two copper feed tubes extend upward at angle from the lid. Attached handle in shape of "?" soldered to side. CONDITION: Fair; base badly bent on one side and has long open crack; badly tarnished; a few scratches and pit marks; spots of white corrosion around handle joins.