BRASS HITCHCOCK STEMWINDER MECHANICAL KEROSENE STAND LAMP
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Description
BRASS HITCHCOCK STEMWINDER MECHANICAL KEROSENE STAND LAMP, urn-form font vase holder with polychrome and gilt floral decoration, cylinder-form stem with matching decoration and a circular-form foot, winding mechanism to underside of foot and in current working condition, removable brass font with underside impressed "PATENTED NOV. 30 1880. / ROBT HITCHCOCK. WATERTOWN N.Y. U.S.A.". Fitted with correct burner, gallery impressed with Hitchcock Patented information. 1880. 10 1/2" H to top of font, 5 1/2" D foot.
Published: Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 133, fig. B.
Exhibited: The Great North American Kerosene Lamp Exhibit and Forum, held at the Huntington Galleries in Huntington, WV, July 24, 1983 thru November 13, 1983.
Provenance:
From the Catherine Thuro Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Condition
Excellent condition, expected minor wear, several small light dents. Burner deflector with light denting.
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