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

August 24, 2023: Summer Americana: Day One

Thu, Aug 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 123

FREE-BLOWN, CUT, AND PRESSED WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP

Estimate: $50 - $100
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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

FREE-BLOWN, CUT, AND PRESSED WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, colorless, inverted teardrop font cut with 12 lower flutes, raised on a shouldered hollow-knop, ribbed stem and four-step base with extended round corners and prism interior, bladed wafer construction, period pewter collar. Fitted with a double-tube whale oil burner. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others. 1830-1840. 10 7/8" H to top of collar, 3 1/2" SQ base.

Condition

Very good condition overall with interior wear/scratching to the font; vertical moderate sliver chip to one base corner. Some scattered annealing lines, as made.

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From the William D. Annable estate, Oberlin, OH.