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Light for a Lighthouse, so-called Argand lamp, consisting of a lamp holder with oil reservoir and a parabolic mirror, all mounted on a brass bracket. The oil reservoir, placed against the mirror at the back, is an elegantly designed and partially gilded vase with a float at the bottom, standing in a cylinder and connected to the lamp via a supply. The lamp holder has a small oil receptor at the bottom, the glass is missing. The parabolic mirror is made of copper, the mirror surface is silver-plated., Boulton & Watt (possibly), c. 1818, brass (alloy), bronze (metal), copper (metal), gilding, d 38 cm × d 53.6 cm.

Light for a Lighthouse, so-called Argand lamp, consisting of a lamp holder with oil reservoir and a parabolic mirror, all mounted on a brass bracket. The oil reservoir, placed against the mirror at the back, is an elegantly designed and partially gilded vase with a float at the bottom, standing in a cylinder and connected to the lamp via a supply. The lamp holder has a small oil receptor at the bottom, the glass is missing. The parabolic mirror is made of copper, the mirror surface is silver-plated., Boulton & Watt (possibly), c. 1818, brass (alloy), bronze (metal), copper (metal), gilding, d 38 cm × d 53.6 cm.
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Caption: Light for a Lighthouse, so-called Argand lamp, consisting of a lamp holder with oil reservoir and a parabolic mirror, all mounted on a brass bracket. The oil reservoir, placed against the mirror at the back, is an elegantly designed and partially gilded vase with a float at the bottom, standing in a cylinder and connected to the lamp via a supply. The lamp holder has a small oil receptor at the bottom, the glass is missing. The parabolic mirror is made of copper, the mirror surface is silver-plated., Boulton & Watt (possibly), c. 1818, brass (alloy), bronze (metal), copper (metal), gilding, d 38 cm × d 53.6 cm
Credit: Album / quintlox
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Image size: 5948 × 5113 px | 87.0 MB
Print size: 50.4 × 43.3 cm | 2341.7 × 2013.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1818 • ABSENCE • ALLOY • ARGAND LAMP • ARGAND LIGHT • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • BACK • BACKSIDE • BEACON • BLACK-AND-WHITE-PLATED • BOTTOM • BOULTON & WATT • BRASS BRACKET • BRASS • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • BUTT • C • CONNECTED • CONSISTING • COPPER • COPPERWORK • CYLINDER • DISAPPEARED • ELEGANTLY DESIGNED • FLOAT • GILDING • GLASS • HEADLIGHT • LAMP HOLDER • LAMP VIA • LIGHT HOUSE • LIGHT • LIGHTHOUSE • METAL • METALS • MIRROR SURFACE • MIRROR • MISSING • MOUNTED • OIL RESERVOIR • PARABOLIC MIRROR • PARTIALLY GILDED VASE • PLACED • SMALL OIL RECEPTOR • STANDING • SUPPLY