July 27, 2023: Summer 19th & 20th c. Glass & Lighting - Day One
Thu, Jul 27, 2023 09:00AM EDT
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Lot 20
PILLAR MOLDED FONT FLUID STAND LAMP
Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for
$780
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
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PILLAR MOLDED FONT FLUID STAND LAMP, colorless elongated inverted pyriform font with applied opal ribs, brass stem and single-step marble foot, wafer construction, colorless cut bobeche ornament with diamond and swirl pattern, patented by John Hobbs, No. 1 pewter collar. Fitted with a pewter and brass double-tube burner with remnants of original chain. Third quarter 19th century.13 1/4" H to top of collar, 4 1/2" SQ foot.
Published: - Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 31.
Exhibited: The Great North American Kerosene Lamp Exhibit and Forum, held at the Huntington Galleries in Huntington, WV, July 24, 1983 thru November 13, 1983.
Condition
Excellent condition, font undamaged, foot with several expected minute flakes/roughness, bobeche with scattered flakes. Burner with one replaced tube and lacking snuffing caps.
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From the Catherine Thuro Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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