Whale Oil Lamp

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whale Oil Lamp by an unknown artist. The lamp has a clear glass reservoir with a bulbous upper body that tapers towards the middle, and a narrower lower body. The reservoir has a small lip at the top, and a black screw-on cap is visible. The base of the reservoir sits on a clear glass piece with a wide base and a narrower middle section. The base piece features a decorative etched design around its middle section. The base has four small square protrusions, one on each corner. The background is plain white.