ASSORTED RUBY-STAINED KEROSENE STAND LAMPS, LOT OF FOUR, colorless including three frosted, including a pyriform-font example with decoration featuring three panels with central bird perched on branch within foliate and drop border, brass stem and single-step marble base; a pyriform-font example with trefoil and dot decoration, opaque white Hobbs Blackberry base, and Hobbs brass connector with patent information; and an example with foliate decoration, opaque white glass base, Atterbury screw-socket connector with patent information, each fitted with a No. 1 fine-line collar. Second half 19th century. 8 1/4" to 10 1/4" HOA.
Very good condition overall, some wear to frosted surfaces. Some irregularities as made, including mold roughness and one or two open bubbles to the base of the trefoil-decorated example.
Provenance: From the collection of the late Ed Kleppinger of New Orleans, LA.

Very good condition overall, some wear to frosted surfaces. Some irregularities as made, including mold roughness and one or two open bubbles to the base of the trefoil-decorated example.