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VICTORIAN DECORATED WRIGLEY'S PROMOTIONAL PARLOR L

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VICTORIAN DECORATED WRIGLEY'S PROMOTIONAL PARLOR LAMPS, PAIR, opaque white with pink and blue shading, transfer scenic decoration, cast metal bases, one impressed "44B" and other "48", brass drop-in fonts, electrified burners, matching patterned and decorated umbrella shades, non-period chimneys. These lamps were offered as premiums in 1896 by Wm. Wrigley Jr. & Co. for purchasing eig Consolidated Lamp & Glass Co. Late 19th century. 19 3/4" H to top of shade, 10" H to top of font, 7" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Murray - Fostoria, p. 142, fig. 11N. Lamp as Courter - Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, p. 32, bottom left.
Provenance: Estate collection of Dorothy and Marshall Jenkins.

Excellent condition with only minor wear to decorations, one drop-in font with splits, shade rims with some normal minor flakes/roughness.

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