BRADLEY & HUBBARD NO. 466 CAST-IRON HANGING EXTENSION LIBRARY LAMP, gold paint, scroll and petal ornamentation with single peg font holder embossed with patent information, matching ceiling mounts with patent information, fitted with a colorless and acid-etched Star in Circle font with correct recess for peg and embossed to underside of base with patent information, side-refill feature, No. 2 period collar. Fitted with a period setup comprising a No. 2 slip burner, opal cone-form shade with rolled rim and berry and foliage polychrome decoration, opal smoke bell with applied red/ruby rim and original brass ring hanger. Non-period colorless chimney. Together with a brass match holder with pedestal foot. Shade probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. Fourth quarter 19th century. XXX" HOA, 12 3/4" WOA. Font 4 1/4" H to top of font, 3 1/4" D base. Shade 5 1/4" H, 13 3/4" D base.
Undamaged, some minor wear to paint and shade decoration, frame with small areas of paint spatter.
Literature: Frame parallels 1883/1884 Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. Illustrated Catalogue, p. 79 right. Font as Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 21. Shade parallels Barlow/Kiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich II, fig. 2198.
Provenance: Collection of the late Richard and Florence Birdsall.

Undamaged, some minor wear to paint and shade decoration, frame with small areas of paint spatter.