July 27, 2023: Summer 19th & 20th c. Glass & Lighting - Day One
Thu, Jul 27, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 19
TULIP AND STAR KEROSENE STAND LAMP
Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for
$1,168.50
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $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 |
TULIP AND STAR KEROSENE STAND LAMP, colorless and cobalt blue font, brass stem and double-step marble base with stamped-brass ornamentation, embossed on bottom of font "PATENTED MARCH 4 & JUNE 3 1862", and interior base with an embossed "2", brass connector, No. 1 fine-line collar. Fitted with an E. F. Jones No. 1 lip burner, thumbwheel impressed "E. F. JONES/ BOSTON / PATENT / JANUARY 11. 1859.", interior fitted with a Merrill's air director, marked "R. S. MERRILL'S PATENT. JUNE 14. 1859". Non-period colorless lip chimney. Atterbury & Co. Circa 1862. 11 1/2" H to top of collar, 4 1/2" SQ foot.
Published: Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 98, fig. A.
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 and with several annealing lines to the base, some highpoint wear to tulips, stem and connector with denting, marble with expected flakes/roughness. Burner and chimney undamaged.
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From the Catherine Thuro Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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