- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wick and holder. Metal wick holder consisting of a flattened oval tube, with a domed base and nearly complete cylinder body, with wide woven wick of heavy textile in situ. A key-like knob for raising and lowering wick runs through the domed base. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/7/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 12/1940 Donated: 1964
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Textile, Process Rolled, Process Woven, Process Jointed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 30 mm, Length: max 160 mm, Width: max 52 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.12.030 Other numbers: Wicks 2
1940.12.030
Wick and holder. Metal wick holder consisting of a flattened oval tube, with a domed base and nearly complete cylinder body, with wide woven wick of heavy textile in situ. A key-like knob for raising and lowering wick runs through the domed base. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/7/2017]
1940.12.030
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