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  • Argand lamp

    Argand lamp

    Date: 1800–1815
    Accession Number: 24.116.4

  • Argand Lamp

    Argand Lamp

    Date: 1800–1815
    Accession Number: 24.116.5

  • Argand Lamp

    Argand Lamp

    Attributed to Messenger Company

    Date: 1835–40
    Accession Number: 67.262.6

  • Argand Lamp

    Argand Lamp

    Attributed to Messenger Company

    Date: 1835–40
    Accession Number: 1983.355

  • Lamp Shade

    Lamp Shade

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: Inst.69.8.1

  • Lamp Shade

    Lamp Shade

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: Inst.69.8.2

  • Astral Lamp

    Astral Lamp

    Archer and Warner (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

    Date: ca. 1855
    Accession Number: 68.111.1

  • Astral Lamp

    Astral Lamp

    Possibly Henry N. Hooper

    Date: ca. 1860
    Accession Number: 68.111.2

  • Betty Lamp

    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1600–1700
    Accession Number: 10.125.638

  • Betty Lamp

    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1725–75
    Accession Number: 34.100.191

  • Betty Lamp

    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1725–75
    Accession Number: 34.100.192

  • Betty Lamp

    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1700–1800
    Accession Number: 1978.302.159

  • Betty Lamp

    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1700–1800
    Accession Number: 1978.302.160

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Date: ca. 1836
    Accession Number: 67.262.8

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Cornelius and Company (1838–1851)

    Date: 1840–50
    Accession Number: 61.231.3

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 55.75.1

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 55.75.2

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Date: 1810–20
    Accession Number: 46.67.77a–k

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Date: 1810–20
    Accession Number: 46.67.78a–k

  • Candelabrum

    Candelabrum

    Date: ca. 1790
    Accession Number: 50.145.366

  • Argand lamp
    Argand lamp

    Date: 1800–1815
    Accession Number: 24.116.4

  • Argand Lamp
    Argand Lamp

    Date: 1800–1815
    Accession Number: 24.116.5

  • Argand Lamp
    Argand Lamp

    Attributed to Messenger Company

    Date: 1835–40
    Accession Number: 67.262.6

  • Argand Lamp
    Argand Lamp

    Attributed to Messenger Company

    Date: 1835–40
    Accession Number: 1983.355

  • Lamp Shade
    Lamp Shade

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: Inst.69.8.1

  • Lamp Shade
    Lamp Shade

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: Inst.69.8.2

  • Astral Lamp
    Astral Lamp

    Archer and Warner (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

    Date: ca. 1855
    Accession Number: 68.111.1

  • Astral Lamp
    Astral Lamp

    Possibly Henry N. Hooper

    Date: ca. 1860
    Accession Number: 68.111.2

  • Betty Lamp
    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1600–1700
    Accession Number: 10.125.638

  • Betty Lamp
    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1725–75
    Accession Number: 34.100.191

  • Betty Lamp
    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1725–75
    Accession Number: 34.100.192

  • Betty Lamp
    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1700–1800
    Accession Number: 1978.302.159

  • Betty Lamp
    Betty Lamp

    Date: 1700–1800
    Accession Number: 1978.302.160

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Date: ca. 1836
    Accession Number: 67.262.8

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Cornelius and Company (1838–1851)

    Date: 1840–50
    Accession Number: 61.231.3

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 55.75.1

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Date: 1800–1900
    Accession Number: 55.75.2

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Date: 1810–20
    Accession Number: 46.67.77a–k

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Date: 1810–20
    Accession Number: 46.67.78a–k

  • Candelabrum
    Candelabrum

    Date: ca. 1790
    Accession Number: 50.145.366

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