ASSORTED PATTERN KEROSENE FINGER LAMPS, LOT OF NINE,
colorless,
each with an applied handle, including two Banded Prism examples, a Nosegay, a Poppy Band, Swirled Segments and Vine, and a Zipper and Rib; each with a period collar. Five examples fitted with a period slip burner.
Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century.
3" to 3 1/2" H to top of collars.
Provenance:Michael Carter collection, Hanover, PA.
Condition
Five examples undamaged, two floral patterned examples with a crack to the handle, one example with a minor flake to edge of base, and another with an as-made potstone to the shoulder resulting in a star-form crack. Burners mostly undamaged and with some scattered minor imperfections.