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June 25, 2026: Premier Americana: Day One - 18th & 19th Century Glass & Lighting

Thu, Jun 25, 2026 09:00AM EDT
  2026-06-25 09:00:00 2026-06-25 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : June 25, 2026: Premier Americana: Day One - 18th & 19th Century Glass & Lighting https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/june-25-2026-premier-americana-day-one---18th-19th-century-glass-lighting-22217
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  • Whale Oil/Fluid Lamps
Lot 220

PRESSED STAR AND PUNTY WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP

Estimate: $300 - $400
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
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$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

PRESSED STAR AND PUNTY WHALE OIL / FLUID STAND LAMP, shiny alabaster/clambroth, dome-form top over a hexagonal patterned font and having a short extension with 12 downward tipped beads below, raised on a double-ogee octagonal baluster-form standard and square-form foot with double steps and having a band of ribbing between the steps, wafer construction, No. 1 brass fine-line collar. Fitted with a brass and tin double-tube whale oil burner. Mt. Washington Glass Works. 1845-1860. 12" H to top of collar, 4 1/2" SQ foot.
Literature: Parallels Kaiser - The Glass Industry of South Boston, p. 155, fig. 204.

Condition

Excellent condition, font and stem undamaged, upper foot step with a single minor flake, lower step with a moderate flake and several minute flakes, one underside edge of a corner with a small shallow chip, upper step with as-made underfills to each side and stems tipped beading with as-made annealing lines/separations; collar with some solder repairs. Burner undamaged, one tube with some rust.

Provenance

The collection of Karen and Phillip Ruberry, Nottingham, MD.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 5/18/2016, lot 514.
Ex-Boston area collector.

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