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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 211

CUT OVERLAY PUNTY AND GROOVE VARIANT WHALE OIL / FLUID 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

CUT OVERLAY PUNTY AND GROOVE VARIANT WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, brilliant green to colorless elongated cylinder-form peg-style font with punties, ovals and elongated panels pattern, interior fitted with a Davy cylinder-form screen, raised on a brass and marble standard featuring a brass ribbed and a square-form black and white/tan marble foot, period pewter collar, colorless wafer construction. Fitted with a pewter and brass John Newell double-tube fluid burner with caps and chain, shoulder impressed with patent information. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., and others. Mid 19th century. 11 1/4" H to top of collar, 4 3/8" SQ foot.
Literature: Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2, p. 208, fig. 2358. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 5, p. 26. 
Catalogue Note: This lamp represents the earliest period of cut overlay lighting and is very seldom encountered.

Condition

Excellent condition, font with some expected minor wear and a minute nick near the lower edge, interior with some light residue, marble foot with expected roughness. Burner with some losses and roughness to the tube tips along with each being dented.

Provenance

The collection of Karen and Phillip Ruberry, Nottingham, MD.

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