2384 Americana Cat. - Skinner

58.
Pewter Whale Oil Lamp, William H. Starr, New York City,
1843-46, barrel-form font on baluster shaft, whale oil burner,
(corrosion spots), ht. 10 3/8 in.
$400-600
59.
Four Colorless Glass Lamps with Free-blown Fonts, New
England, early 19th century, one with a globular font, free-blown
lozenge-form shaft on a pressed base with tin drop burner; the
second with a conical font on a pressed octagonal shaft and
square base, with whale oil burner; the third with an incurving lip
on double bulbed font, supported on a pressed hexagonal paneled
shaft and round base with drop tube burner; the fourth freeblown
with a globular font on a round base, with camphene
burner, (imperfections), ht. 8 1/2, 9, 7, 6 1/2 in.
$300-500
60.
Four Small Colorless Blown Glass Fluid Lamps, probably
America, early 19th century, one with free-blown bulbous font,
knopped stem, and disk base; one with free-blown globular font
on pressed square stepped base; one with free-blown globular
font on pressed petal stepped base; one with blown molded oval
ribbed font on pressed square stepped base, three with drop whale
oil burners, (minor base chips), ht. 3 1/4-4 3/4 in.
$300-500
61.
Colorless Free-blown and Pressed Glass Whale Oil Lamp,
Germantown, (now part of Quincy), Massachusetts, c. 1810, the
tapered font with twisted fluting, supported on a pressed glass
base, whale oil drop burner, (minor chips on base skirt), ht. 8
1/4 in.
Literature: Colonial Lighting by Arthur H. Hayward, 1962,
Dover Publications, p. 114, plate 81, #145.
$150-200
62.
Small Free-blown Amethyst Tinted Glass Hand Lamp and a
Blown and Pressed Glass Lamp, New England or Continental,
first quarter 19th century, the amethyst tinted lamp with a tin
tube drop burner, spherical font, applied handle, on a round dish
base; a colorless glass lamp, with free-blown spherical font on drip
saucer wafer supported on pressed columnar shaft and base, ht. 4
7/8, 9 in.
$500-700
63.
Free-blown Colorless Glass Whale Oil Hand Lamp, probably
Continental, first quarter 19th century, with tin tube drop burner,
bulbous font with everted rim, on hollow baluster shaft, applied
handle, on a round disk base, ht. 6 3/4 in.
$300-500
64.
Free-blown Aqua-tinted Glass Whale Oil Lamp, probably
Continental, early 19th century, bulbous font over drip pan on
hollow ribbed shaft, supported on round, domed base, applied
handle, ht. 10 1/4 in.
$300-500
65.
Colorless Free-blown Glass Toy Lamp with Pressed Diamond
Check Toy Plate Base, attributed to the Boston and Sandwich
Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1828-35, the lamp
with drop cork tube whale oil burner, spherical font, knopped
stem, on pressed Diamond Check toy plate, (minor base edge
chips), ht. 4 1/2 in.
Literature: A similar lamp in blue glass is illustrated and discussed
in The Glass Industry In Sandwich, Vol. 2, by Raymond E. Barlow
and Joan E. Kaiser, Schiffer Publishing, p. 60, plate 2032.
$300-500
66.
Free-blown Colorless Glass Whale Oil Lamp, probably
Continental, early 19th century, with tin drop burner, bulb font
and drip tray, hollow swollen shaft, on a round base, ht. 10 1/4
in.
$200-250
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