PRESSED ACANTHUS LEAF WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP

PRESSED ACANTHUS LEAF WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP,brilliant Canary,small size, dome-top font with 12 protruding petals below the shoulder and a short hexagonal extension with 12 beads below, raised on a 12-petal-top acanthus leaf standard and double-step square base beaded between the steps, wafer construction, brass fine-line collar.Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others.1840-1860.11 1/2" H, 4" SQ base.
Literature: Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2,, p. 104, fig. 2148a.
Provenance:Michael Carter collection, Hanover, PA.
Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 10/23/10, lot 419.
Ex-collection of Dot and Ted Anthony (retains collection label).
Skinner, Inc., 10/29/95.
Condition Report: Good condition overall with a sizeable chip to one low base corner, two additional base chips, additional chip to one top step corner; and loss to flange under the collar with some chipping extending outside of the collar.