BISQUE CHERUB FIGURAL MINIATURE LAMPS, LOT OF FOUR, white grounds with mult-color pastel decoration, comprising three Hulsebus I, fig. 245 examples and an example with a single cherub on the side of a ball-form font with butterfly, berry and foliage decoration, opaque white ball-form shade, each with a period collar. Each fitted with a period burner, three colorless chimneys. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 6 3/4" H to top of shade, 4 1/4" H to top of collars.
Literature: Parallels Hulsebus - Miniature Victorian Lamps, p. 91, fig. 245.
Provenance: The collection of Larry Spradley, Beaumont, TX.
Three examples undamaged, one triple-cherub example with minor damage, each with expected minor wear to decorations, shade with a large u-form hairline. One setup with minor imperfections, remaining components undamaged.