ANSONIA VICTORIAN HOBNAIL / DEW DROP KEROSENE HANGING / LIBRARY LAMP, frosted and cranberry Hobnail umbrella shade, block stars font vase with scrolling arms holding two jeweled medallions, brass drop-in font with stamped shoulder, matching block shade ring, cast-metal leveler, motor cover with motor, and brass smoke bell. Fitted with a period burner, colorless slip chimney and ruby hanging prisms. The Ansonia Brass & Copper Company. Late 19th/early 20th century. Shade: 6 5/8" H, 13 7/8" D fitter.

From the John Laughlin collection, Conway, AR.

Excellent condition overall with a couple interior solder repairs to the interior of the font vase; font tank having vertical splitting to the body; shade having a single minute flake to the fitter; some possible light wear/denting to some articles; prisms having some minor imperfections including flaking.