"Little Duchess" Miniature Kerosene Lamp, circa 1880
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Kerosene was extremely popular for lighting and heating in the mid and late 1800s. This small lamp made by Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, used kerosene.
Kerosene was extremely popular for lighting and heating in the mid and late 1800s. This small lamp made by Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, used kerosene.
Artifact
Kerosene lamp
Date Made
circa 1880
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
74.49.54
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. Woodruff Weaver.
Material
Opaque white glass
Brass (Alloy)
Glass (Material)
Color
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Diameter: 4.375 in
Inscriptions
Embossed on side of font: LITTLE***DUCHESS*** Marked on wick adjusting knob: ACORN / THE P.& A. MFG. CO.
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