PRESSED INVERTED DIAMOND AND THUMBPRINT WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP
PRESSED INVERTED DIAMOND AND THUMBPRINT WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, colorless, dome-top font with lower knop extension, raised on a hexagonal baluster-form stem and concave-edge foot, wafer construction, brass fine-line collar. Fitted with a single tube alcohol/vapor burner and shade ring. Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1845-1870.
Condition: Burner undamaged; lamp with some chipping to a few of the base points, possibly as made.
Size: 12" HOA, 9 1/2" H to top of collar, 4 1/4" D base.
Provenance: From the private collection of J. W. "Bill" Courter, Calvert City, KY.
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PRESSED INVERTED DIAMOND AND THUMBPRINT WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, colorless, dome-top font with lower knop extension, raised on a hexagonal baluster-form stem and concave-edge foot, wafer construction, brass fine-line collar. Fitted with a single tube alcohol/vapor burner and shade ring. Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1845-1870.
Condition: Burner undamaged; lamp with some chipping to a few of the base points, possibly as made.
Size: 12" HOA, 9 1/2" H to top of collar, 4 1/4" D base.
Provenance: From the private collection of J. W. "Bill" Courter, Calvert City, KY.