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Reeded Opalescent Swirl Lamp
Estimate:
CA$700 - CA$900
Sold
CA$1,000
Live Auction
Canadiana & Folk Art Featuring the Jim Fleming, Marty Osler, Susan Murray and Laing Collections
Size
To top of collar: 8.75" x 4" x 4". Overall height: 16.25".
Category
Description
American. 1860s. Reeded kerosene stand lamp featuring a green pyriform font with opal spiraling threads, No. 1 fine-line collar, colourless wafer construction, brass stem and single-step marble base. Thuro 2 – pg. 32, fig. I. A #1 “Eldorado” prong burner, WBG CORP and #1 pearl top slip chimney.
Condition
Chips to marble base. Does not sit properly on marble base. Wafer is situated crookedly on marble stem.
Provenance
From the Pitt Collection.
