Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
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March 2023: 19th & 20th Century Lighting, Day 2

Fri, Mar 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1144

ASSORTED PATENTED ATTERBURY PRESSED BOSS KEROSENE LAMPS, LOT OF FIVE

Estimate: $100 - $150
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ASSORTED PATENTED ATTERBURY PRESSED BOSS KEROSENE LAMPS, LOT OF FIVE, colorless, comprising two footed finger examples and two stand examples, each with embossed patent date of "PAT'D AUG. 29, 1876", including three examples with ten-panel fonts, one with an opaque white fused top and shoulder; and two examples with a globular-form font and stippled shoulder; each with a No. 1 Taplin-Brown collar. Four examples fitted with a period slip burner. Circa 1876. 4 3/4" to 8 3/4" H to top of collars.
Literature: Thuro - Oil Lamps I, p. 132, fig. a and p. 132.

Condition

Two examples undamaged, one footed, one stand and opaque white shoulder examples each with minor flakes/roughness to foot edge. Burners undamaged.

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From the estate of Robert Lee Turcato, Windber, PA.