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Lamp, Oil
1850 Approximate
Cut Glass Oil Lamp. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 4" x 9" H. Description: clear, cut glass, six-sided base tapers upward to a narrow cylinder; ornate cut glass oil well extends upward from cylinder; domed cup contains a 1" diameter top opening.
This lamp was used before kerosene lamps. Fat or oil was burned in this lamp.