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

March 2, 2023: Winter Americana Day 1

Thu, Mar 2, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 448

COLEMAN LAMP CO. MODEL E20 POULTRY HOUSE GAS LANTERN

Estimate: $600 - $900
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COLEMAN LAMP CO. MODEL E20 POULTRY HOUSE GAS LANTERN, large galvanized steel font with stenciled lettering "COLEMAN QUICK-LITE POULTRY HOUSE LANTERN / THE HENS THAT LAY ARE THE HENS THAT PAY", rivet construction, later colorless Coleman globe made by Pyrex, bail handle, fitted with air tube. Coleman Lamp Co., Wichita, KS. Circa 1930. 18" H to top of cap, 8 1/4" D base.
Literature: Parallels Hobson - Lanterns That Lit Our World Book Two, p. 187 upper right.
Provenance: From the estate of Stanley D. Henry, Colchester, VT.

Condition

Excellent overall condition, expected wear and some scattered light denting and rust, burner assembly lacking one air tube and remaining tube with some corrosion, burner thumbwheel frozen.

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