• Kerosene Lamps - Opalescent
Lot 181

HOBBS NO. 341 / SNOWFLAKE KEROSENE STAND LAMPS, LOT OF TWO

Estimate: $50 - $100
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$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

HOBBS NO. 341 / SNOWFLAKE KEROSENE STAND LAMPS, LOT OF TWO, Sapphire/blue opalescent font, colorless base, each having a metal screw connector and one with the original glass sleeve, each having a period No. 2 collar. One fitted with a period slip burner. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Fourth quarter 19th century. 9 1/8" and 9 1/2" H. 
Literature: Parallels Thuro - Oil Lamps I, p. 152, fig. b.

Condition

One lacking collar virtually undamaged with a minute bruise to the edge of the foot plateau; other having a crack across the glass collar

From the private collection of Jim & Oneida Hayes, Rockford, IL.