Lot 446

LATTICINIO STRIPE FONT KEROSENE STAND LAMP

Estimate: $400 - $600
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LATTICINIO STRIPE FONT KEROSENE STAND LAMP, colorless with opal and cobalt blue swirls, large thistle-form font with two opal swirls encasing a cobalt blue swirl, raised on a ribbed brass stem and double-step marble base with stamped brass ornamentation, period brass collar. Fitted with a period brass slip burner and period colorless slip chimney. Probably the shop of Nicholas Lutz, Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., or J. Walter & Co., Williamsburg, NY. Third quarter 19th century. 12 1/4" H to top of collar, 4 1/2" SQ base.
Literature: Font parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2, p. 188, fig. 2302.
Provenance: From the George Foree collection, Overland Park, KS.

Condition

Font undamaged; upper marble step having a short crack at one corner; expected light roughness to the edges of the marble; chimney with some chipping to the fitter.