FREE-BLOWN AND PRESSED GLASS WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMPS, LOT OF FOUR, colorless, comprising a pair having urn-form fonts and raised on a multi-step square base with rounded corners; a pyriform font with berry and vine engraved decoration, raised on a flaring hexagonal base; and a conical font example with grapevine engraved decoration, raised on a hollow inverted baluster-form stem and a three-step square base, two fitted with a collar, two lacking a collar. United States. First half 19th century. 6 1/2" to 11 3/8" H.
Provenance: From the collection of Donald Putterman, San Francisco, CA.
One short example having a sizeable sliver chip/loss to the base edge; tallest having a chip to the upper wafer and some scattered flaking around the base edge; remainder undamaged. Most having some instances of mold roughness around the base edge, as made.