289
Vaseline Whale Oil Stand Lamps
Estimate:
CA$300 - CA$400
Sold
CA$1,900
Live Auction
Historic Lamps & Lighting
Size
9 ¼”H. 6-sided base; 2 ½” to each side.
Category
Description
American. 1860-1880. These types of lamps were made by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., Sandwich, Massachusetts and other manufacturers. The maker of this lamp is unknown. Glass, pewter. Vaseline fonts, with 6-sided bases and period pewter collars. Double tubed pewter whale oil burners.
Provenance
From the Keith Dill Collection.
Literature
Similar to McKearins - American Glass, p. 387, pl. 199, fig. 23.
