27″ TALL OPAL GLASS KEROSENE PARLOR LAMP FLORAL DECOR

$100.00

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27" TALL OPAL GLASS KEROSENE PARLOR LAMP ~ FLORAL DECOR THIS MONTH, WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER MANY FINE ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE ARTIFACTS AND RARITIES FROM MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA ESTATES AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ~ A NUMBER OF LISTINGS FEATURE RARE PERIOD FURNITURE PLEASE CHECK OUR OTHER EBAY LISTINGS FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF EARLY VICTORIAN ERA ANTIQUE FURNISHINGS *************************************************************************************************************************** DESCRIPTION FROM THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS UNUSUALLY TALL AMERICAN CAST-IRON-BASED BRASS-MOUNTED AND HAND-PAINTED OPAL GLASS KEROSENE PARLOR LAMP MEASURES 27" TALL OVERALL. THE RAISED CAST IRON BASE FEATURES A PIERCED DESIGN, PERHPAS BEING PAINTED ORIGINALLY, BUT NOW HAVING A RUSTY PATINA. THE HEAVY CAST WHITE OPAL OPAQUE GLASS IS PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH HANDPAINTED PINK AND YELLOW FLOWERS, ALONG WITH LEAVES AND ASSOCIATED FOLIAGE. THE DROP IN BRASS FONT FEATURES A RAISED, BAS-RELIEF DESIGN OF SCROLLS AND DECORATIONS AROUND THE SHOULDER. THE CENTRAL DRAFT STYLE BURNER FEATURES A FLAME SPREADER WITH LETTERING ON THE TOP THAT APPEARS TO READ THE NEW SOLAR LAMP ~ COLUMBIA. THE WICK RAISER KNOB IS FROZEN, WITH THE FILLER CAP INTACT AND REMOVABLE. ACCEPTS A 2,5" CHIMNEY, WHICH IS INCLUDED. SUPERB, VINTAGE CONDITION, BEST NOTED BY EXAMINING THE IMAGES OFFERED. IN NEED OF A GENERAL CLEANING, AS FOUND. SHIPPING STATEMENT > THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED INSURED, VIA FED EX GROUND, TO UNITED STATES ADDRESSED ONLY, AT THE COST NOTED IN THIS LISTING. HISTORY & TIPS FOR COLLECTORS OF ANTIQUE LAMPS When collecting lamps its helpful to understand the timeline for both lighting technology and the artistic and social climate that influenced lighting design. From colonial times to around 1850 candles were used for lighting in the United States. By the late 1700s primitive oil lamps that burned whale oil or lard were being used in addition to candles. When the kerosene oil lamp became available in the 1850s, it was quickly adopted as the new standard. Kerosene lamps were used well into the 1930s, especially in rural areas that didnt have widespread public gas and electric utilities. Meanwhile, in large cities, gas was being piped to light fixtures through walls and ceilings by the early 1800s; kerosene lamps were still being used for portable light. In the 1880s electricity emerged as a practical choice, after the 1879 invention of the first commercially successful light bulb. Table lamps were intended for use as room lighting, not for task lighting like that supplied by a desk lamp or sewing lamp. From a stylistic standpoint, antique table lamps can be late Victorian (about 1880-1900), Art Nouveau or Arts and Crafts (both roughly 1895-1920). They can also be of no particular style or embrace elements of multiple styles. During the late Victorian period homeowners were switching over from kerosene to electricity for lighting. Many table lamps from this period were designed to use kerosene, but were later converted for electricity. The classic Victorian lamp style is now called Gone with the Wind, even though the type wasnt made until the 1880s, well after the Civil War. This kind of lamp usually has a short metal pedestal, a glass or metal base containing a font for holding kerosene, and a matching glass shade sitting atop the metal mechanism for controlling the wick. The shade surrounds a clear glass chimney, which protrudes from the top of the shade. Manufacturers of Victorian parlor lamps include The Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass, and Glass Company, Fenton, Fostoria, Handel, and Phoenix. Electric Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts style lamps originated during the same time period but differed considerably in design. Art Nouveau is all about natural forms, with curved lines and textured surfaces. Think flowers, leaves, fruits, animals, and birds. Art Nouveau was largely a European movement and many stunning lamps from this period are by French makers such as Lalique, Gall, and Daum Nancy. The Arts and Crafts style, less ornate than Art Nouveau, was primarily developed in the United States and the British Isles. Its emphasis was on hand-crafting with close attention to the natural beauty inherent in the materials used to make objects. The most famous practitioner of the Art Nouveau style in the United States was Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany and Company made elaborate stained glass lamp shades, often with floral motifs. Some Tiffany bronze lamp bases were sculpted to look like vines, tree roots, or lily pads. Other companies that made quality stained glass lamps during the early Twentieth century include Duffner & Kimberly, Bradley and Hubbard, Handel, Pairpoint, and Chicago Mosaic. Tiffany experimented with many kinds of art glass and designed other lamps that were nothing like his familiar stained glass style. His patented favrile glass used in the shades was imitated by the likes of glass lamp shade makers Steuben, Quezal, and Durand. The Arts and Crafts movement was typified by Frank Lloyd Wright with his Prairie School architecture and Gustav Stickley with his Mission style furniture. Both Stickley and Wright designed lamps that fit in with their other designs. Arts and Crafts lamps tend to have a solid, geometric look using smooth and straight lines. Bases might be wood, metal, or ceramic. Subdued color rules. A classic Arts and Crafts lamp is the type made by Dirk van Erp who used hammered copper for a base and thin sheets of translucent mica for his shades. Other famous creators of Arts and Crafts lamps were the Fulper pottery and the Roycroft community. Large lamp manufacturers like Bradley and Hubbard that made Art Nouveau styled lamps also designed lamps in the Arts and Crafts style. Two other types of lamps associated with the 1900-1920 time period are reverse painted lamps and slag glass lamps. Reverse painted lamps feature a design, often a landscape, painted by hand on the inside of a glass shade blank. The paint was then fired into the glass. These lamps were made by Handel, Pairpoint, Moe Bridges, Jefferson, Pittsburgh and others. The Pairpoint puffy is a prized lamp of this type, with molded glass forming design elements like flowers that puff outward. Slag glass lamps have shades with glass panels that fit into ribbed metal frames with various kinds of clips and slots. Sometimes the base also has glass panels. The shade often has a metal design overlaying part of the glass. The glass is frequently an amber or caramel color, but sometimes light blue, pink, yellow, or green. While Tiffany was selling expensive stained glass out of his New York studio, local gas and electric companies were buying slag glass lamps in bulk and reselling them to the middle class. Manufacturers associated with slag glass lamps include Empire Lamp & Brass Mfg. Co. and Edward Miller & Co., as well as Pittsburgh, Handel, and Bradley and Hubbard. Many slag glass lamps are not signed with a makers mark. Regardless of the style, manufacturer, or price range of an antique lamp, you can take the same approach when looking at a candidate for your collection. Keep your purpose in mind. Your standards might be different for a lamp you want to use for light, one that you intend to display without lighting, and one that youre selecting as an example of a particular type. Examine a lamp in stages, reviewing its overall appearance, shade, base, and working parts. This methodical approach will keep your head involved in your decision to buy or not when your heart has already fallen in love with something that might not turn out to be such a good purchase. First, look at the lamp overall and ask yourself some questions. Does it appeal to your eye in terms of proportion or does the shade seem too large or too small for the base? Does the lamp seem consistent in its design, with shade and base both having characteristics of the same historical period and the same design motif? Lamp shades and bases were often sold separately, but they should look as though they were meant to go together. Many married pieces are on the market with a pairing of base and shade that is not original. Sometimes one piece is much newer; sometimes both pieces are of the same period or even from the same manufacturer, but were never intended as a match. Does it look old? Many antique lamps have been reproduced or imitated, some as a revival of a style, some to be sold as reproductions, and some with the intent to deceive. Next, look at the shade. If it is glass, check for breaks, cracks, replaced pieces of stained glass, or replaced slag glass panels. If it has a beaded or crystal fringe, check for completeness. If it has metal parts, look for breaks and repairs. Look for a manufacturers name or mark. Inspect the base, using the same approach. Finally, look at the works, the font and wick burning mechanism in a kerosene lamp or the wiring in an electric lamp. If you want an original condition lamp, this is important. Serious collectors will pay a premium for a lamp with all its original parts. If you plan to rewire the lamp to make it useable or safer, this doesnt matter as much. Silk-wrapped cord and round plugs indicate early wiring that has a better chance of being original to the lamp. KEROSENE LAMP & LANTERN COLLECTING When collecting lamps its helpful to understand the timeline for both lighting technology and the artistic and social climate that influenced lighting design. From colonial times to around 1850 candles were used for lighting in the United States. By the late 1700s primitive oil lamps that burned whale oil or lard were being used in addition to candles. When the kerosene oil lamp became available in the 1850s, it was quickly adopted as the new standard. Kerosene lamps were used well into the 1930s, especially in rural areas that didnt have widespread public gas and electric utilities. Meanwhile, in large cities, gas was being piped to light fixtures through walls and ceilings by the early 1800s; kerosene lamps were still being used for portable light. In the 1880s electricity emerged as a practical choice, after the 1879 invention of the first commercially successful light bulb. Prior to 1850, lighting was incredibly inefficient. Choices usually consisted of candles, which had been around since 3000 BC, or oil lamps. The invention of kerosene, a refined liquid fuel produced initially from shale oil, changed all that and manufacturers across the world were quick to produce a range of lamps that could take advantage of its combustible qualities. In the process they came up with some really beautiful and elegant designs, quite a lot of which still survive. Sadly, the golden age of kerosene lamps was a short-lived period in history. In less than forty years gas lamps had replaced them in the larger cities and towns and few survived the rapid conversion to electric lighting in the early 1900s. Kerosene lamps come in all shapes and sizes and are made from all sorts of materials. Many were produced in Victorian times with styles ranging from basic hand lamps through to magnificent hanging and banquet lamps. The rich colours of glass and ceramic kerosene lamps are often quite lovely and always popular with collectors. Properly constructed lamps, especially those that use a mantle, produce a soft glow that can be quite attractive and a lot of collectors find them especially suitable for dinner parties The basic operation of a kerosene lamp is fairly straightforward. The burner holds a fuel-saturated fibre wick, which feeds from a reservoir (or font) containing kerosene. The fuel soaks into the wick by capillary action and when light is desired, a flame is applied to the wick to ignite a combustible mixture of fuel and air fed into the chamber via the chimney. A variation of this principle was the centre draught design whereby a tube through the middle of the fuel reservoir drew air up from the base of the lamp to feed the inner surface of the wick, and so improve the combustion of the flame. Table lamps were intended for use as room lighting, not for task lighting like that supplied by a desk lamp or sewing lamp. From a stylistic standpoint, antique table lamps can be late Victorian (about 1880-1900), Art Nouveau or Arts and Crafts (both roughly 1895-1920). They can also be of no particular style or embrace elements of multiple styles. During the late Victorian period homeowners were switching over from kerosene to electricity for lighting. Many table lamps from this period were designed to use kerosene, but were later converted for electricity. The classic Victorian lamp style is now called Gone with the Wind, even though the type wasnt made until the 1880s, well after the Civil War. This kind of lamp usually has a short metal pedestal, a glass or metal base containing a font for holding kerosene, and a matching glass shade sitting atop the metal mechanism for controlling the wick. The shade surrounds a clear glass chimney, which protrudes from the top of the shade. Manufacturers of Victorian parlor lamps include The Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass, and Glass Company, Fenton, Fostoria, Handel, and Phoenix. *************************************************************************************************************************** PLEASE USE THE EBAY "CONTACT SELLER" FUNCTION TO CONTACT US AND RESOLVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED VIA FEDEX GROUND or FEDEX HOME DELIVERY AT A FIXED SHIPPING RATE NOTED IN THE LISTING INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AVAILABLE ~ CONTACT US FOR A RATE QUOTE BEFORE BIDDING WE NEVER CHARGE A HANDLING FEE > INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE SHIPPING PRICE ON ALL FEDEX SHIPMENTS, UP TO A VALUE OF $100.00 Auction Wizard 2000 - The Complete Auction Management Software Solution