Sold for:
$1,422
$1,422
Iron and Brass Betty Lamp on a Turned and Painted Wood Stand, the lamp attributed to Jacob Long, Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, the lamp top and bottom riveted to sides, with half bail with linked wick pick and hanging spike, the brass swivel plate with cock finial opens to fill well, the spout with wick support, ht. 4 1/2, dia. 4 1/4; supported on a turned wood stand painted brown over earlier blue and red, ht. 6 5/8 in. Literature: A similar Betty lamp signed by Long is pictured in The Pennsylvania German Collection: Handbooks in American Art , Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982, color plate xvii and p. 119, plate 53.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
