ERMINIE MINIATURE LAMP, opaque white with blue, pink and gilt decoration, globular-form font fitted in a metal stand with curls, matching patterned and decorated umbrella shade, period collar. Fitted with a period Nutmeg burner, colorless chimney. Circa 1896. 7 1/4" H to top of shade in stand, 6 1/4" H to top of shade, 3" H to top of collar, 2" D base.
Undamaged lamp and setup, shade rims with normal flakes/roughness, as made, stand with repairs, expected wear to decoration.
Literature: Parallels Smith - Miniature Lamps I, p. 121, fig. 246.
Provenance: From the collection of Karen and the late Frank McWright of Bethel, CT.

Undamaged lamp and setup, shade rims with normal flakes/roughness, as made, stand with repairs, expected wear to decoration.