File:Whale Oil Lamp MET 231955.jpg

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Whale Oil Lamp probably designed by Thomas Cains, (possibly manufactured at his Phoenix Glass Works, South Boston Flint Glass Works (MET, 1982.439.5)

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Whale Oil Lamp   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Thomas H. Cains  (1779–1865)  wikidata:Q97958914
 
Alternative names
Thomas Cains
Description glassmaker
Date of birth/death 5 May 1779 Edit this at Wikidata 23 July 1865 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Gloucestershire
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q97958914
Phoenix Glass Works    wikidata:Q98023922
 
Alternative names
Cains' Glass Works; Phoenix Glass Company; Cains & Johnston
Description Glass manufacturers
Work location
Boston
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q98023922
South Boston Flint Glass Works    wikidata:Q97958815
 
Description Glass manufacturers in Boston, Massachusetts
Work period 1812 -
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q97958815
Title
Whale Oil Lamp
Description
American; Whale oil lamp; Glass
Date 1813–30
Medium Free-blown lead glass
Dimensions H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
American Decorative Arts
Accession number
1982.439.5
Credit line Gift of Dr. Michael Heidelberger, in memory of Nina T. Heidelberger, 1982
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/5455

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