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Cast iron betty lamp that has been painted gold. Circular reservoir with protruding spout and wick support. Keyhole-shaped opening on cover plate for missing swiveling cover. Iron handle arches above reservoir opposite spout, ending in lug from which dangles a swiveling spike that is missing its hanging hook. The donor's grandfather claimed to have found this sperm oil lamp in the Tarrytown Road headquarters of General George Meade after the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Meade was placed in charge of the Union Army shortly before the battle. His Tarrytown headquarters was approximately 17 miles from the battlefield.
Date: between 1800 and 1850
Item Number: 224283
KSHS Identifier: 1913.44.0
Collections - Museum
Date - 1800-1819
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Lighting Device - Lamp - Semiliquid
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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