Lot 334

CHARLES PARKER DIAMOND QUILT KEROSENE HANGING / LIBRARY LAMP

Estimate: $500 - $1,000
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CHARLES PARKER DIAMOND QUILT KEROSENE HANGING / LIBRARY LAMP, conical cranberry font vase and matching umbrella shade, having a brass base cap with cast floral supporting arms and lower metal overlay, with stamped brass collar holding a period brass drop-in font, matching shade ring, heavy cast-brass leveler, heavy motor cover and motor, and matching shade crown. Fitted with a period slip burner, colorless chimney, and colorless and ruby hanging prisms. Shade: 5 7/8" H, 13 7/8" D fitter.
Literature: Parallels Ebersole - Hanging Victorian Lamps, p. 141.

Condition

Nearly undamaged with some examples having some light wear, some light bending to some articles; font lacking a flame spreader, burner prongs all being loose.

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From the John Laughlin collection, Conway, AR.