Little Beauty Night Lamp
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Caption
Silver & Company 1885–1920. Little Beauty Night Lamp, last quarter 19th century. Metal, paper, pigment, 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 6 in. (13 x 9.5 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of M. Christmann Zulli in honor of Donald Wisser, 2007.42. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2007.42_back.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Manufacturer
Title
Little Beauty Night Lamp
Date
last quarter 19th century
Geography
Place manufactured: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Metal, paper, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
5 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 6 in. (13 x 9.5 x 15.2 cm)
Markings
Printed in black on paper label applied to back of sconce: "THE LITTLE BEAUTY/REGISTERED TRADE MARK/U.S. PAT. OFFICE/NIGHT LAMP,/WILL STAND OR HANG/The only Perfect Lamp for Halls, Bathrooms, Basements, Bedrooms &C/BURNS ORDINARY KEROSENE OIL WITHOUT ODOR OR SMOKE/To rewick the Lamp--Use only the specially prepared wicks that are/made for this lamp. They are sold only in sealed envelopes, on which/full instructions for re-wicking are printed. Price by mail 10 cents/each. To light the wick--Turn the globe-holder down on the tube,/then light and adjust the flame by raising or lowering the globe-holder./To extinguish--___the globe-holder up around the wick until lamp/is extinguished. Do not blow out. To raise the wick--After it has/burned to the edge of the inner tube take a pin and draw the wick/up about one eight [1/8] of an inch above the top of globe-holder/tube when said tube is turned down as far as it will go. One/[?] of oil will burn 40 hours or several nights. The/wick, if properly used, will last a year or more./[?] each by mail. Send stamps/MADE & GUARANTEED BY/SILVER & CO./SOLE MANUFACTURERS/304-314 HEWES ST. BROOKLYN N.Y.
Credit Line
Gift of M. Christmann Zulli in honor of Donald Wisser
Accession Number
2007.42
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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