Lot 46

CUT AND ENGRAVED SWAG AND TASSEL KEROSENE STAND LAMP

Estimate: $100 - $200
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CUT AND ENGRAVED SWAG AND TASSEL KEROSENE STAND LAMP, colorless globular-form font with lightly molded bands and cut/engraved swags, jade green alabaster Baroque base, brass connector with two-part threaded construction, No. 2 fine-line collar. Fitted with a period set-up comprising an E. F. Jones No. 2 lip burner, thumbwheel marked "E. F. JONES PATENT JANUARY 11 1859" and with a wing symbol, 4 1/4" stamped shade ring. Later period colorless with frosted finish cut and engraved Oregon shade with foliage pattern, and a non-period colorless lip chimney. Third quarter 19th century. 21 3/8" H to top of shade, 13 3/4" H to top of collar, 5 1/2" SQ base. Shade 6 3/4" HOA, 4" D fitter.
Published: Lamp - Thuro - Oil Lamps II, p. 21, fig. H.
Literature: Shade - Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 247, fig. A.
Exhibited: The Great North American Kerosene Lamp Exhibit and Forum, held at the Huntington Galleries in Huntington, WV, July 24, 1983 thru November 13, 1983.

Condition

Font undamaged, base with significant disintegration/shedding, one medial ring with a chip. Setup undamaged

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From the Catherine Thuro Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada.