Oil Lamp
lamp maker
Unknown
Date19th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumSilver
Dimensions47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM19c2
eMuseum ID727799
Previous Number581
EmbARK ObjectID14366
TMS Source ID3173
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 169. (as Italian, Venice, dated 19th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 36 (5 May 1963), p. 2.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 36 (5 May 1963), p. 2.
MarksNotesImpressed on base and oil container: L M separated by a weather-vane with a fish (?) [maker's mark]; comet [control-stamp, Venice]; banded globe surrounded by seven stars within a seven-sided polygon [Lombardy-Venice mark, after 1810] (all of these marks are repeated in various orders)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
