DOLLHOUSE / MINIATURE METAL HANGING LAMP, pyriform font between three scroll arms with attached shade ring, arms are supported by three brass chains and a ceiling mount with loop, colorless shade painted white interior. Fitted with a period burner. Together with a later electrified hanging lamp having two arm supports and an opaque white glass shade. Two pieces total. Late 19th/early 20th century. Larger example 7 5/8" HOA, font and frame 2" HOA, 1 7/8" DOA fitter.
Literature: Larger example parallels Hulsebus - Miniature Lamps of the Victorian Era, p. 62, fig. 131.
Provenance: The Eleanor V. Lakin Collection, Boonsboro, MD.

Very good condition with minor wear, spots of loss to finish; electrified example with slight bending, unknown working condition; shades undamaged, larger one with expected roughness along fitter, smaller example with as-made hole to top.