Object number
92/48
Collection
Description
A hurricane lamp, painted red. It has a carrying handle and wire struts to protect the glass. The lamp was made in Thuringia in Germany, and is part of the Rumble Collection.
Physical description
1 Lamp: metal, glass; good condition
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley, Berkshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 10.9.92 // Description: Hurricane lamp painted red with carrying handle and wire struts to protect the glass. // Inscription: MINOR MADE IN GERMANY // On glass: MADE IN THURINGIA // Dimensions: Height: 37.0 cm Diameter (base): 14.0 cm // Associated information: No other information (This applies to 92/47) // Part of Mr Rumble’s collection // References:’
Production place
Thuringia [state]
Object name
Material
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16049.tif - High resolution image
