Whale Oil Lamp

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two glass lamps, titled "Whale Oil Lamp" by an unknown artist, with a clear glass base that has a series of rounded, stacked sections. The base is circular and flat. The stem of each lamp is composed of several rounded sections of varying sizes stacked on top of each other. Above the stem is a clear glass reservoir with a rounded rectangular shape. Inside the reservoir is a wick and what appears to be a whale oil soaked substance. The top of each lamp features a black metal piece with a wick and a twisted rope-like material. The background of the image is white.