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Creator Role

manufacturer

Description

The object is a miniature oil lamp featuring the Lincoln Drape, a pressed glass design. Along its base, an alternating semicircle and medallion pattern is present. A teardrop pattern appears above the medallions. Supposedly the design featured on the glass is representative of the black crepe that adorned Abraham Lincoln's casket and hearse, although this theory cannot be corroborated.

Description Source

Remembering Lincoln. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/890 (accessed January 30, 2020).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Earliest

1865

Latest

1900

Approximate Creation Date

1865-1900

Measurement

3 1/2 inches (height()

Materials and Techniques Display

pressed glass

Subjects

Glassware, Victorian; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial

Work Type

oil lamp

Class

glassware & ceramics

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

2281.6

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Lincoln Drape Miniature Oil Lamp

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