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

March 22, 2024: Americana - Day Three

Fri, Mar 22, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Lanterns
Lot 2002

MANHATTAN BRASS CO. PATENTED BRASS HURRICANE / SKATER'S LANTERN

Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for

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

MANHATTAN BRASS CO. PATENTED BRASS HURRICANE / SKATER'S LANTERN, cobalt-blue tapered globe, removable perforated cap with original chain, crimped smoke bell and ring handle, impressed "PAT'D DEC 24, 1867, lightly stepped conical-form font with original burner, thumbwheel marked "W. B. & CO. WATERBURY, CT". Circa 1867. 15 1/2" H to top of chain ring, 9 3/8" H to top of cap, 3 3/4" D base.
Literature: Parallels Thuro - Oil Lamps 3, p. 215, fig. E.

Condition

Excellent condition, expected wear, some scattered light denting, top globe rim with probably as-made flakes/roughness. Burner undamaged.