EMPRESS / RAINDROP AIR-TRAP MOTHER-OF-PEARL SATIN MINIATURE LAMP, cased lemon yellow, compressed bulge-form font, matching pattern ball-form shade, brass collar with hatched band. Fitted with a Plume & Atwood burner, colorless chimney. Circa 1900. 8 1/4" H to top of shade, 3 3/4" H to top of collar, 2 1/2" D base.
Literature: Parallels Smith - Miniature Lamps I, p. 240, fig. 601.
Provenance: From the Bill and Carol Lindow collection, Shaker Heights, OH.
Condition
Very good condition, font undamaged, shade top with a several minor flakes and a bruise, fitter with several as-made flakes/roughness, some light oil staining to several air traps near shade fitter. Setup undamaged.