About the Artwork
Whale Oil Lamp
ca. 1840
William Calder
1792-1856
American
Unknown
Pewter
Overall: 3 7/8 × 4 × 3 5/8 inches (9.8 × 10.2 × 9.2 cm)
Furniture Accessories
American Art before 1950
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
48.349
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamped, bottom center: Calder
Provenance
Kerfoot collection
1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Laughlin, L. I. Pewter in American, Vol 1. MA, 1940, pp. 101-103.
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William Calder, Whale Oil Lamp, ca. 1840, pewter. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 48.349.
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