Kerosene Lamp
Object NameKerosene Lamp
Manufacturer
Fostoria Glass Company
(American (Fostoria, OH), 1887 - 1986)
Date1890s
MediumGlass and metal
DimensionsA: 7 3/8 × 10 in. (18.7 × 25.4 cm)
B: 7 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (19.4 × 12.4 cm)
C: 8 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (22.2 × 8.6 cm)
ClassificationsHousehold, Kitchen, Miscellaneous
Credit LineGift of Eleanor McKee. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number2003.2.21a-c
Status
On viewCultureAmerican
Label TextOften this style of chamber lamp is called “Gone with the Wind” when similar lamps were used on the set of the 1939 movie starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, though this style of lamp was popular between 1890 and 1910. Gone with the Wind lamps are generally a vase or parlor lamp with a removable fount and matching painted or embossed decoration on both the lamp base and shade.
MarkingsF.G. Company and 199 on bottom of base.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum
Object Name: Kerosene Lamp and Chimney
Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Company
Object number: 76.22.4ab
Object Name: Kerosene Lamp and Chimney
White Flame Light Co.
Object number: 76.22.5ab
Object Name: Kerosene Lamp (a), shade (b), electrified
Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company
1897
Object number: 95.1.1ab
