Sold for:
$356
$356
Brass Whale Oil Lamp and Small Tin and Glass Lantern, America, early 19th century, a c. 1835 brass whale oil lamp with a belted oval font on a ring-turned shaft and round domed base, with threaded whale-oil burners; a tin and glass lantern with ring handle over a pierced tin chimney, wire guard protecting a colorless glass shade, with bayonet-mounted base fitted with a conical tin font with brass threaded, whale-oil burners, with vestiges of black paint, (dents, corrosion), ht. 9 3/8, 11 3/4 in., respectively. The brass font has a approx. 3/4 in. dent and a couple smaller ones; the lantern has scattered corrosion
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
