Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 2023: 19th & 20th Century Lighting, Day 2

Fri, Mar 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1370

CAST-IRON DOUBLE-ARM TUCKER MANUF. WALL-BRACKET WITH FONTS

Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for

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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

CAST-IRON DOUBLE-ARM TUCKER MANUF. WALL-BRACKET WITH FONTS, colorless ribbed fonts, including an Atterbury Tucker example, remaining example with an embossed patent date surrounding the side-refill feature; each with a No. 2 fine-line collar. Each fitted on an arm with a stylized pattern, black finish with oxidized highlights, matching patterned wall mount arm holder. One font fitted with a period slip burner and a colorless bulge-form chimney with traces of etching. Bracket Tucker Manufacturing Co. Third quarter 19th century. Bracket 13 1/2" HOA, 13" W. Fonts 3 1/4" H to top of collars.
Literature: Bracket parallels Broughton - Five Early Victorian Kerosene Lighting Catalogs, Volume 2 - Historical Lighting Reprints - Tucker c1875, p. 31.

Condition

Undamaged, fonts undamaged. Burner undamaged, chimney fitter with minor flakes/roughness.

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