HOBBS NO. 341 / SNOWFLAKE KEROSENE MINIATURE LAMP, colorless opalescent, matching patterned crown-form shade, period collar. Fitted with a brass Plume & Atwood Nutmeg burner, colorless chimney. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Circa 1881. 7 1/8" H to top of shade, 4" H to top of collar, 2 3/4" D base.
Excellent condition overall with a single minor sliver chip to the interior of the shade's top rim, some expected roughness to the shade fitter, chimney having some expected roughness to the fitter; metal elements having wear and corrosion.
Literature: Parallels Smith - Miniature Lamps I, p. 197, fig. 473.
Provenance: From the Robert and Patricia Ruf collection, Reno, NV.

Excellent condition overall with a single minor sliver chip to the interior of the shade's top rim, some expected roughness to the shade fitter, chimney having some expected roughness to the fitter; metal elements having wear and corrosion.