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June 25, 2026: Premier Americana: Day One - 18th & 19th Century Glass & Lighting

Thu, Jun 25, 2026 09:00AM EDT
  2026-06-25 09:00:00 2026-06-25 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : June 25, 2026: Premier Americana: Day One - 18th & 19th Century Glass & Lighting https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/june-25-2026-premier-americana-day-one---18th-19th-century-glass-lighting-22217
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  • Whale Oil/Fluid Lamps
Lot 86

BOSTON & SANDWICH FREE-BLOWN AND PRESSED LION WITH BASKET OF FLOWERS MONUMENT BASE WHALE OIL STAND LAMP

Estimate: $500 - $800
Starting Bid
$250

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$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

BOSTON & SANDWICH FREE-BLOWN AND PRESSED LION WITH BASKET OF FLOWERS MONUMENT BASE WHALE OIL STAND LAMP, colorless with frosted finish bulb-form font leading into a colorless stepped bladed wafer, raised on a colorless Lion's Head over four panels of flower baskets monument base, underside of base with each corner having a raised button foot, No. 2 pewter collar. Fitted with a pewter and tin double-tube whale oil burner with integral shade ring, and a colorless glass with frosted finish Liverpool baluster-form shade. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1855. 13 7/8" H to top of shade, 9 1/4" H to top of collar, 3" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2, p. 76, fig. 2076; Spillman - American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 202, fig. 789; Wilson - American Glass, Vol. I, p. 250, fig. 371; Palmer - Early Glass in America, p. 336, fig. 318.
Catalogue Note: Bases with button feet are attributed to the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. Colorless examples of this series of lamps are much more rare than their opal counterparts.

Condition

Excellent overall condition, font undamaged, lower wafer knop with a small shallow chip, base with expected imperfections including flakes/roughness primarily to the corners Burner and shade ring undamaged, shade undamaged and fitter having normal as-made roughness.

Provenance

The collection of Karen and Phillip Ruberry, Nottingham, MD.
Ex-collection of Pamela and Donald Levine (retains collection label).

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