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

August 24, 2023: Summer Americana: Day One

Thu, Aug 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 145

PRESSED LOOP / LEAF WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP

Estimate: $300 - $500
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PRESSED LOOP / LEAF WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, brilliant medium blue, dome-top six-loop font featuring a lower double-step and knop extension, raised on an octagonal baluster-form standard and square base, wafer construction, period pewter collar. Fitted with a period two-tube burner with caps and chains. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and possibly others. 1840-1860. 8 1/2" H, 2 5/8" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 2, p.89, fig. 2109a.

Condition

Very good to excellent condition overall with a sliver chip to the top edge of the foot, a bruise to one base corner, and an additional flake to the top edge of the foot; collar and burner having scratching/roughness.

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