Lot 1068

ADAMS TEMPLE / APPLESAUCE KEROSENE STAND LAMP

Estimate: $500 - $800
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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
ADAMS TEMPLE / APPLESAUCE KEROSENE STAND LAMP, apple green, in two sections, the original molded font with tree-form figures in arches to shoulder fits into the four-column temple-form base, faintly embossed on edge of platform below the columns "PATENTED MARCH 20 1883 JULY 25 1882", period brass No. 2 collar with shoulder plate and Miller Venus burner. Adams & Co. Introduced 1883. 13 1/8" H to top of collar, 7 1/4" D foot.
Literature: Thuro - Oil Lamps 3, p. 89, fig. d.
Provenance:.Jeffrey S, Evans & Associates, 10/17/2015, lot 470.
Ex-collection of Dr. Larry McCallister, Muncie, IN.

Condition

Undamaged except for a shallow chip and area of mold roughness to the interior of the font seat, all of which is hidden by the font and probably as made.